diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
index 5653e6a42d4b..d579f4303626 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ public void write(String uploadId, byte[] toWrite, int toWriteOffset, long destO
         response = httpRequest.execute();
         code = response.getStatusCode();
         message = response.getStatusMessage();
+        response.getContent().close();
       } catch (HttpResponseException ex) {
         exception = ex;
         code = ex.getStatusCode();