diff --git a/src/main/java/com/smartsheet/api/internal/http/DefaultHttpClient.java b/src/main/java/com/smartsheet/api/internal/http/DefaultHttpClient.java
index b0ae28ea9..7cdad4df1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/smartsheet/api/internal/http/DefaultHttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/smartsheet/api/internal/http/DefaultHttpClient.java
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ public HttpResponse request(HttpRequest smartsheetRequest) throws HttpClientExce
                 this.releaseConnection();
 
             } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
+                this.releaseConnection();
                 logger.warn("ClientProtocolException " + e.getMessage());
                 logger.warn(LOG_ARG, RequestAndResponseData.of(apacheHttpRequest, requestEntityCopy, smartsheetResponse,
                         responseEntityCopy, REQUEST_RESPONSE_SUMMARY));
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ public HttpResponse request(HttpRequest smartsheetRequest) throws HttpClientExce
                 }
                 throw new HttpClientException(ERROR_OCCURRED, e);
             } catch (NoHttpResponseException e) {
+                this.releaseConnection();
                 logger.warn("NoHttpResponseException {}", e.getMessage());
                 logger.warn(LOG_ARG, RequestAndResponseData.of(apacheHttpRequest, requestEntityCopy, smartsheetResponse,
                         responseEntityCopy, REQUEST_RESPONSE_SUMMARY));
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ public HttpResponse request(HttpRequest smartsheetRequest) throws HttpClientExce
                 }
                 throw new HttpClientException(ERROR_OCCURRED, e);
             } catch (IOException e) {
+                this.releaseConnection();
                 logger.warn(LOG_ARG, RequestAndResponseData.of(apacheHttpRequest, requestEntityCopy, smartsheetResponse,
                         responseEntityCopy, REQUEST_RESPONSE_SUMMARY));
                 throw new HttpClientException(ERROR_OCCURRED, e);