diff --git a/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go b/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
index 53bf9f5..95111f7 100644
--- a/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
+++ b/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ func (cfg *RequestConfig) Execute() (err error) {
 			break
 		}
 
+		// Close the response body before retrying to prevent connection leaks
+		if res != nil && res.Body != nil {
+			res.Body.Close()
+		}
+
 		time.Sleep(retryDelay(res, retryCount))
 	}