diff --git a/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/BaseRequest.java b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/BaseRequest.java
index 4f31b5907..e2c3e0782 100755
--- a/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/BaseRequest.java
+++ b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/BaseRequest.java
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@
 import com.squareup.okhttp.Request;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.Response;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ResponseBody;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static com.auth0.android.request.internal.ResponseUtils.closeStream;
+
 abstract class BaseRequest<T, U extends Auth0Exception> implements ParameterizableRequest<T, U>, AuthorizableRequest<T, U>, Callback {
 
     private final Map<String, String> headers;
@@ -125,8 +128,9 @@ protected RequestBody buildBody() throws RequestBodyBuildException {
 
     protected U parseUnsuccessfulResponse(Response response) {
         String stringPayload = null;
+        ResponseBody body = response.body();
         try {
-            stringPayload = response.body().string();
+            stringPayload = body.string();
             Type mapType = new TypeToken<Map<String, Object>>() {
             }.getType();
             Map<String, Object> mapPayload = gson.fromJson(stringPayload, mapType);
@@ -136,6 +140,8 @@ protected U parseUnsuccessfulResponse(Response response) {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             final Auth0Exception auth0Exception = new Auth0Exception("Error parsing the server response", e);
             return errorBuilder.from("Request to " + url.toString() + " failed", auth0Exception);
+        } finally {
+            closeStream(body);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtils.java b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b9ae5e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.auth0.android.request.internal;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+class ResponseUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Attempts to close a stream. No exception will be thrown if an IOException was raised.
+     *
+     * @param closeable the stream to close
+     */
+    static void closeStream(Closeable closeable) {
+        try {
+            closeable.close();
+        } catch (IOException ignored) {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/SimpleRequest.java b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/SimpleRequest.java
index 67d2b4088..4eefe1c05 100755
--- a/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/SimpleRequest.java
+++ b/auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/SimpleRequest.java
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@
 import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.Request;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.Response;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ResponseBody;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 
+import static com.auth0.android.request.internal.ResponseUtils.closeStream;
+
 class SimpleRequest<T, U extends Auth0Exception> extends BaseRequest<T, U> implements ParameterizableRequest<T, U>, Callback {
 
     private final String method;
@@ -66,13 +69,16 @@ public void onResponse(Response response) throws IOException {
             return;
         }
 
+        ResponseBody body = response.body();
         try {
-            Reader charStream = response.body().charStream();
+            Reader charStream = body.charStream();
             T payload = getAdapter().fromJson(charStream);
             postOnSuccess(payload);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             final Auth0Exception auth0Exception = new Auth0Exception("Failed to parse response to request to " + url, e);
             postOnFailure(getErrorBuilder().from("Failed to parse a successful response", auth0Exception));
+        } finally {
+            closeStream(body);
         }
     }
 
@@ -99,11 +105,14 @@ public T execute() throws Auth0Exception {
             throw parseUnsuccessfulResponse(response);
         }
 
+        ResponseBody body = response.body();
         try {
-            Reader charStream = response.body().charStream();
+            Reader charStream = body.charStream();
             return getAdapter().fromJson(charStream);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new Auth0Exception("Failed to parse response to request to " + url, e);
+        } finally {
+            closeStream(body);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtilsTest.java b/auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb8db7e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/request/internal/ResponseUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.auth0.android.request.internal;
+
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ResponseBody;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+public class ResponseUtilsTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCloseBody() throws Exception {
+        ResponseBody body = mock(ResponseBody.class);
+        ResponseUtils.closeStream(body);
+
+        verify(body).close();
+    }
+}
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