diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Deployment.DotNet.Releases/src/Utils.cs b/src/Microsoft.Deployment.DotNet.Releases/src/Utils.cs
index 88076ab524..63b4900387 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Deployment.DotNet.Releases/src/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Deployment.DotNet.Releases/src/Utils.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ internal class Utils
         internal static async Task<bool> IsLatestFileAsync(string fileName, Uri address)
         {
             var httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Head, address);
-            HttpResponseMessage httpResponse = await s_httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequest).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            using HttpResponseMessage httpResponse = await s_httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequest).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             httpResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ internal static async Task DownloadFileAsync(Uri address, string fileName)
             }
             else
             {
-                HttpResponseMessage httpResponse = await s_httpClient.GetAsync(address).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                using HttpResponseMessage httpResponse = await s_httpClient.GetAsync(address).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 httpResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
                 using FileStream stream = File.Create(fileName);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ internal static async Task GetLatestFileAsync(string path, bool downloadLatest,
 
         static Utils()
         {
-            s_httpClient = new HttpClient();
+            s_httpClient = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler(), disposeHandler: true);
             s_httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.CacheControl = new CacheControlHeaderValue
             {
                 NoCache = true