diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/store/s3/util/S3RangeReader.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/store/s3/util/S3RangeReader.scala
index 6e41686076..00cf34a144 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/store/s3/util/S3RangeReader.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/store/s3/util/S3RangeReader.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class S3RangeReader(
       val responseStream = client.getObject(request)
       val length = responseStream.response.contentLength
 
+      responseStream.abort()
       responseStream.close()
       length
     }