diff --git a/DotCMIS/binding/atompub/atompub.cs b/DotCMIS/binding/atompub/atompub.cs
index 00406b0..435a117 100644
--- a/DotCMIS/binding/atompub/atompub.cs
+++ b/DotCMIS/binding/atompub/atompub.cs
@@ -1987,6 +1987,7 @@
 
             // make the call
             HttpUtils.Response resp = HttpUtils.InvokeDELETE(url, Session);
+            resp.CloseStream();
 
             // check response code
             if (resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK || resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Accepted || resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
@@ -2084,6 +2085,7 @@
 
             // send content
             HttpUtils.Response resp = HttpUtils.InvokePUT(url, contentStream.MimeType, headers, output, Session);
+            resp.CloseStream();
 
             // check response code
             if (resp.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK && resp.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.Created && resp.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
diff --git a/DotCMIS/binding/http.cs b/DotCMIS/binding/http.cs
index 2e78527..0e0c13f 100644
--- a/DotCMIS/binding/http.cs
+++ b/DotCMIS/binding/http.cs
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@
                 try { response.Close(); }
                 catch (Exception) { }
             }
+
+            public void CloseStream()
+            {
+                if (Stream != null)
+                {
+                    Stream.Close();
+                }
+            }
         }
     }