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 709e01a25064..0687fcb49c40 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
@@ -715,14 +715,19 @@ public void write(
       int code;
       String message;
       IOException exception = null;
+      HttpResponse response = null;
       try {
-        HttpResponse response = httpRequest.execute();
+        response = httpRequest.execute();
         code = response.getStatusCode();
         message = response.getStatusMessage();
       } catch (HttpResponseException ex) {
         exception = ex;
         code = ex.getStatusCode();
         message = ex.getStatusMessage();
+      } finally {
+        if (response != null ) {
+          response.disconnect();
+        }
       }
       if (!last && code != 308 || last && !(code == 200 || code == 201)) {
         if (exception != null) {