diff --git a/digest_auth_client.go b/digest_auth_client.go
index 255c522..2058e39 100644
--- a/digest_auth_client.go
+++ b/digest_auth_client.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 		return dr.executeNewDigest(resp)
 	}
 
+	// return the resp to user to handle resp.body.Close()
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@
 		waString string
 	)
 
+	// body not required for authentication, closing
+	resp.Body.Close()
+
 	if waString = resp.Header.Get("WWW-Authenticate"); waString == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get WWW-Authenticate header, please check your server configuration")
 	}