diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ab3c7f7..5bce1c5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.44"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.45"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3d6c8b..0713777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.0.0-alpha.45 (2025-10-30)
+
+Full Changelog: [v2.0.0-alpha.44...v2.0.0-alpha.45](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/entity-python-sdk/compare/v2.0.0-alpha.44...v2.0.0-alpha.45)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** close streams without requiring full consumption ([686159f](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/entity-python-sdk/commit/686159f96128ce212fd83eba6b4a685beb13d316))
+
 ## 2.0.0-alpha.44 (2025-10-18)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.0.0-alpha.43...v2.0.0-alpha.44](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/entity-python-sdk/compare/v2.0.0-alpha.43...v2.0.0-alpha.44)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b04128..6b07de5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "hubmap_entity_sdk"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.44"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.45"
 description = "The official Python library for the hubmap-entity-sdk API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_streaming.py b/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_streaming.py
index 62ffd0e..5ca7a65 100644
--- a/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_streaming.py
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
         for sse in iterator:
             yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
-        # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
-        for _sse in iterator:
-            ...
+        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
+        response.close()
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
@@ -121,9 +120,8 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
         async for sse in iterator:
             yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
-        # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
-        async for _sse in iterator:
-            ...
+        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
+        await response.aclose()
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
diff --git a/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_version.py b/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_version.py
index 776365f..bb4c87c 100644
--- a/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_version.py
+++ b/src/hubmap_entity_sdk/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "hubmap_entity_sdk"
-__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.44"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.45"  # x-release-please-version