diff --git a/resource/http.go b/resource/http.go
index bbd82009..6ea4e385 100644
--- a/resource/http.go
+++ b/resource/http.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func (u *HTTP) Validate(sys *system.System) []TestResult {
 		RequestHeader: u.RequestHeader, RequestBody: u.RequestBody, Method: u.Method})
 	sysHTTP.SetAllowInsecure(u.AllowInsecure)
 	sysHTTP.SetNoFollowRedirects(u.NoFollowRedirects)
+	defer sysHTTP.Close()
 
 	var results []TestResult
 	results = append(results, ValidateValue(u, "status", u.Status, sysHTTP.Status, skip))
diff --git a/system/http.go b/system/http.go
index d5e5abec..e3053b3d 100644
--- a/system/http.go
+++ b/system/http.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type HTTP interface {
 	Exists() (bool, error)
 	SetAllowInsecure(bool)
 	SetNoFollowRedirects(bool)
+	Close() error
 }
 
 type DefHTTP struct {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ type DefHTTP struct {
 	KeyFile           string
 	Method            string
 	Proxy             string
+	bodyConsumed      bool
 }
 
 func NewDefHTTP(_ context.Context, httpStr string, system *System, config util.Config) HTTP {
@@ -214,10 +216,18 @@ func (u *DefHTTP) Body() (io.Reader, error) {
 	if err := u.setup(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	u.bodyConsumed = true
 
 	return u.resp.Body, nil
 }
 
+func (u *DefHTTP) Close() error {
+	if u.resp != nil && u.resp.Body != nil && !u.bodyConsumed {
+		return u.resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func hasUserAgentHeader(headers []string) bool {
 	for _, header := range headers {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(header), USER_AGENT_HEADER_PREFIX) {