diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f955c1..eaa0bba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ## 0.11.0 [unreleased]
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
 1. [#105](https://github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/pull/105): Support newlines in tag values.
+1. [#106](https://github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/pull/106): Close `resp.Body` after HTTP error response is encountered.
 
 ## 0.10.0 [2024-09-13]
 
diff --git a/influxdb3/client.go b/influxdb3/client.go
index bf0e95a..4cef56d 100644
--- a/influxdb3/client.go
+++ b/influxdb3/client.go
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ func (c *Client) makeAPICall(ctx context.Context, params httpParams) (*http.Resp
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
@@ -199,6 +198,9 @@ func (c *Client) resolveHTTPError(r *http.Response) error {
 	if r.StatusCode >= 200 && r.StatusCode < 300 {
 		return nil
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = r.Body.Close()
+	}()
 
 	var httpError struct {
 		ServerError