diff --git a/src/utilities/request.jl b/src/utilities/request.jl
index 12debd498b..a2e7dee1ba 100644
--- a/src/utilities/request.jl
+++ b/src/utilities/request.jl
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ function _http_request(http_backend::HTTPBackend, request::Request)
                         isa(e, Base.IOError) ||
                         (isa(e, HTTP.StatusError) && _http_status(e) >= 500)
         end
+    finally
+        request.response_stream isa IO && close(request.response_stream)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/issues.jl b/test/issues.jl
index 469e66be4c..dfdeef8dc9 100644
--- a/test/issues.jl
+++ b/test/issues.jl
@@ -1,83 +1,102 @@
 @service S3
 
-bucket_name = "aws-jl-test-issues---" * _now_formatted()
-S3.create_bucket(bucket_name)
-
-@testset "issue 223" begin
-    # https://github.com/JuliaCloud/AWS.jl/issues/223
-    body = "Hello World!"
-    file_name = "contains spaces"
-
-    try
-        S3.put_object(bucket_name, file_name, Dict("body" => body))
-        resp = S3.get_object(bucket_name, file_name)
-
-        @test String(resp) == body
-    finally
-        S3.delete_object(bucket_name, file_name)
-        S3.delete_bucket(bucket_name)
+BUCKET_NAME = "aws-jl-test-issues---" * _now_formatted()
+
+try
+    S3.create_bucket(BUCKET_NAME)
+
+    @testset "issue 223" begin
+        # https://github.com/JuliaCloud/AWS.jl/issues/223
+        body = "Hello World!"
+        file_name = "contains spaces"
+
+        try
+            S3.put_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name, Dict("body" => body))
+            resp = S3.get_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
+
+            @test String(resp) == body
+        finally
+            S3.delete_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
+        end
     end
-end
 
-@testset "issue 227" begin
-    @testset "s3 public bucket" begin
-        # https://github.com/JuliaCloud/AWS.jl/issues/227
-        config = AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
-        resp = S3.get_object("www.invenia.ca", "index.html"; aws_config=config)
+    @testset "issue 227" begin
+        @testset "s3 public bucket" begin
+            # https://github.com/JuliaCloud/AWS.jl/issues/227
+            config = AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
+            resp = S3.get_object("www.invenia.ca", "index.html"; aws_config=config)
+
+            @test !isempty(resp)
+        end
+
+        @testset "s3 private bucket" begin
+            bucket_name = "aws-jl-test-issues---" * _now_formatted()
+            file_name = "hello_world"
+
+            try
+                S3.create_bucket(bucket_name)
+                S3.put_object(bucket_name, file_name)
 
-        @test !isempty(resp)
+                @test_throws AWSException S3.get_object(
+                    bucket_name, file_name; aws_config=AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
+                )
+            finally
+                S3.delete_object(bucket_name, file_name)
+                S3.delete_bucket(bucket_name)
+            end
+        end
+
+        @testset "lambda" begin
+            @service Lambda
+
+            @test_throws NoCredentials Lambda.list_functions(;
+                aws_config=AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
+            )
+        end
     end
 
-    @testset "s3 private bucket" begin
-        bucket_name = "aws-jl-test-issues---" * _now_formatted()
-        file_name = "hello_world"
+    @testset "issue 324" begin
+        body = "Hello World!"
+        file_name = "streaming.bin"
 
         try
-            S3.create_bucket(bucket_name)
-            S3.put_object(bucket_name, file_name)
+            S3.put_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name, Dict("body" => body))
+            resp = S3.get_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
+            @test String(resp) == body
 
-            @test_throws AWSException S3.get_object(
-                bucket_name, file_name; aws_config=AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
+            # ERROR: MethodError: no method matching iterate(::Base.BufferStream)
+            #   => BUG: header `response_stream` is pushed into the query...
+            io = Base.BufferStream()
+            S3.get_object(
+                BUCKET_NAME,
+                file_name,
+                Dict("response_stream" => io, "return_stream" => true),
             )
+            if bytesavailable(io) > 0
+                @test String(readavailable(io)) == body
+            else
+                @test "no body data was available" == body
+            end
+
         finally
-            S3.delete_object(bucket_name, file_name)
-            S3.delete_bucket(bucket_name)
+            S3.delete_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
         end
     end
 
-    @testset "lambda" begin
-        @service Lambda
-
-        @test_throws NoCredentials Lambda.list_functions(;
-            aws_config=AWSConfig(; creds=nothing)
-        )
-    end
-end
+    @testset "issue 466" begin
+        file_name = "hang.txt"
 
-@testset "issue 324" begin
-    body = "Hello World!"
-    file_name = "streaming.bin"
-
-    try
-        S3.create_bucket(bucket_name)
-        S3.put_object(bucket_name, file_name, Dict("body" => body))
-        resp = S3.get_object(bucket_name, file_name)
-        @test String(resp) == body
-
-        # ERROR: MethodError: no method matching iterate(::Base.BufferStream)
-        #   => BUG: header `response_stream` is pushed into the query...
-        io = Base.BufferStream()
-        S3.get_object(
-            bucket_name, file_name, Dict("response_stream" => io, "return_stream" => true)
-        )
-        if bytesavailable(io) > 0
-            @test String(readavailable(io)) == body
-        else
-            @test "no body data was available" == body
+        try
+            S3.put_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
+            stream = S3.get_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name, Dict("return_stream" => true))
+            println("test #466")  # So we know if this is the reason for tests hanging.
+            @test eof(stream)  # This will hang if #466 not fixed and using HTTP.jl v0.9.15+
+            println("#466 fixed")
+        finally
+            S3.delete_object(BUCKET_NAME, file_name)
         end
-
-    finally
-        S3.delete_object(bucket_name, file_name)
-        S3.delete_bucket(bucket_name)
     end
+
+finally
+    S3.delete_bucket(BUCKET_NAME)
 end