diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
index 4015b19437..8bdd7e8c5f 100644
--- a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
@@ -204,19 +204,26 @@ func TestHttpRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", tokenAdmin))
 	res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		res.Body.Close()
+	})
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
 	rateLimitHeader = res.Header.Get("Ratelimit")
 	require.NotEmpty(t, rateLimitHeader)
 	t.Log(rateLimitHeader)
 	quota, err = getRateLimitStat(rateLimitHeader, "remaining")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	for quota > 0 {
 		requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s/v1/hosts/%s", bc.Address, hostId)
-		req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, requestURL, nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, requestURL, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", tokenAdmin))
-		res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Cleanup(func() {
+			res.Body.Close()
+		})
 		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
 
 		rateLimitHeader := res.Header.Get("Ratelimit")