diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/RetryableFeignLoadBalancer.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/RetryableFeignLoadBalancer.java
index 024dd978..d82578ee 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/RetryableFeignLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/RetryableFeignLoadBalancer.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class RetryableFeignLoadBalancer extends FeignLoadBalancer implements Ser
 				}
 				Response response = request.client().execute(feignRequest, options);
 				if(retryPolicy.retryableStatusCode(response.status())) {
+					response.close();
 					throw new RetryableStatusCodeException(RetryableFeignLoadBalancer.this.getClientName(), response.status());
 				}
 				return new RibbonResponse(request.getUri(), response);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
index ebf35907..a46eb011 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.BooleanUtils;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancedRetryContext;
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ public class RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient extends RibbonLoadBalancingH
 				HttpUriRequest httpUriRequest = newRequest.toRequest(requestConfig);
 				final HttpResponse httpResponse = RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.this.delegate.execute(httpUriRequest);
 				if(retryPolicy.retryableStatusCode(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode())) {
+					if(CloseableHttpResponse.class.isInstance(httpResponse)) {
+						((CloseableHttpResponse)httpResponse).close();
+					}
 					throw new RetryableStatusCodeException(RetryableRibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.this.clientName,
 							httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 				}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
index a61f2a74..170c275a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public class RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient extends OkHttpLoadBalancingClien
 				final Request request = newRequest.toRequest();
 				Response response = httpClient.newCall(request).execute();
 				if(retryPolicy.retryableStatusCode(response.code())) {
+					response.close();
 					throw new RetryableStatusCodeException(RetryableOkHttpLoadBalancingClient.this.clientName, response.code());
 				}
 				return new OkHttpRibbonResponse(response, newRequest.getUri());
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
index 266b39be..b77318f0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		HttpMethod method = HttpMethod.POST;
 		URI uri = new URI("http://" + host + ":" + port);
 		HttpClient delegate = mock(HttpClient.class);
-		final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
+		final CloseableHttpResponse response = mock(CloseableHttpResponse.class);
 		StatusLine statusLine = mock(StatusLine.class);
 		doReturn(200).when(statusLine).getStatusCode();
 		doReturn(statusLine).when(response).getStatusLine();
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		HttpUriRequest uriRequest = mock(HttpUriRequest.class);
 		doReturn(uriRequest).when(request).toRequest(any(RequestConfig.class));
 		RibbonApacheHttpResponse returnedResponse = client.execute(request, null);
+		verify(response, times(0)).close();
 		verify(delegate, times(3)).execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class));
 		verify(lb, times(1)).chooseServer(eq(serviceName));
 	}
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		HttpMethod method = HttpMethod.POST;
 		URI uri = new URI("http://" + host + ":" + port);
 		HttpClient delegate = mock(HttpClient.class);
-		final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
+		final CloseableHttpResponse response = mock(CloseableHttpResponse.class);
 		doThrow(new IOException("boom")).doThrow(new IOException("boom again")).doReturn(response).
 				when(delegate).execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class));
 		ILoadBalancer lb = mock(ILoadBalancer.class);
@@ -334,6 +336,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 			client.execute(request, null);
 			fail("Expected IOException");
 		} catch(IOException e) {} finally {
+			verify(response, times(0)).close();
 			verify(delegate, times(1)).execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class));
 			verify(lb, times(0)).chooseServer(eq(serviceName));
 		}
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		StatusLine statusLine = mock(StatusLine.class);
 		doReturn(200).when(statusLine).getStatusCode();
 		doReturn(statusLine).when(response).getStatusLine();
-		final HttpResponse fourOFourResponse = mock(HttpResponse.class);
+		final CloseableHttpResponse fourOFourResponse = mock(CloseableHttpResponse.class);
 		StatusLine fourOFourStatusLine = mock(StatusLine.class);
 		doReturn(404).when(fourOFourStatusLine).getStatusCode();
 		doReturn(fourOFourStatusLine).when(fourOFourResponse).getStatusLine();
@@ -371,6 +374,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		doReturn(uri).when(uriRequest).getURI();
 		doReturn(uriRequest).when(request).toRequest(any(RequestConfig.class));
 		RibbonApacheHttpResponse returnedResponse = client.execute(request, null);
+		verify(fourOFourResponse, times(1)).close();
 		verify(delegate, times(2)).execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class));
 		verify(lb, times(0)).chooseServer(eq(serviceName));
 	}