diff --git a/metrics/librato/client.go b/metrics/librato/client.go
index 89ecb9ec64da5..053e1811d4ed6 100644
--- a/metrics/librato/client.go
+++ b/metrics/librato/client.go
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ func (lc *LibratoClient) PostMetrics(batch Batch) (err error) {
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.SetBasicAuth(lc.Email, lc.Token)
 
-	if resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req); err != nil {
+	resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		var body []byte
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index df97c66c71cab..b733ea517492a 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -651,5 +651,6 @@ func doHTTPRequest(t *testing.T, req *http.Request) *http.Response {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("could not issue a GET request to the given endpoint", err)
 	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { resp.Body.Close() })
 	return resp
 }
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/mocker_test.go b/p2p/simulations/mocker_test.go
index 32b566ecee7e8..8cc84f8e83b80 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/mocker_test.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/mocker_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func TestMocker(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not start mocker: %s", err)
 	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 		t.Fatalf("Invalid Status Code received for starting mocker, expected 200, got %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
@@ -148,15 +149,17 @@ func TestMocker(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not stop mocker: %s", err)
 	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 		t.Fatalf("Invalid Status Code received for stopping mocker, expected 200, got %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	//reset the network
-	_, err = http.Post(s.URL+"/reset", "", nil)
+	resp, err = http.Post(s.URL+"/reset", "", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not reset network: %s", err)
 	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
 
 	//now the number of nodes in the network should be zero
 	nodes_info, err = client.GetNodes()
diff --git a/rpc/http_test.go b/rpc/http_test.go
index 73920b44f09a3..73124fb3508af 100644
--- a/rpc/http_test.go
+++ b/rpc/http_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func confirmHTTPRequestYieldsStatusCode(t *testing.T, method, contentType, body
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("request failed: %v", err)
 	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
 	confirmStatusCode(t, resp.StatusCode, expectedStatusCode)
 }