diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 972d368..9c23897 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.0-alpha.36"
+  ".": "1.0.0-alpha.37"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 473730d..13c2b4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.0-alpha.37 (2025-10-30)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.0.0-alpha.36...v1.0.0-alpha.37](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/search-python-sdk/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.36...v1.0.0-alpha.37)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** close streams without requiring full consumption ([16b30a2](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/search-python-sdk/commit/16b30a23bf54daf97ef4792fe6b58d0e75695ef0))
+
 ## 1.0.0-alpha.36 (2025-10-18)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.0.0-alpha.35...v1.0.0-alpha.36](https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/search-python-sdk/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.35...v1.0.0-alpha.36)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c94503d..d9d6008 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "hubmap_search_sdk"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.36"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.37"
 description = "The official Python library for the hubmap-search-sdk API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_streaming.py b/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_streaming.py
index b98162a..1753b46 100644
--- a/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_streaming.py
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
         for sse in iterator:
             yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
-        # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
-        for _sse in iterator:
-            ...
+        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
+        response.close()
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
@@ -121,9 +120,8 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
         async for sse in iterator:
             yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
-        # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
-        async for _sse in iterator:
-            ...
+        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
+        await response.aclose()
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
diff --git a/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_version.py b/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_version.py
index 180bcbc..f352a42 100644
--- a/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_version.py
+++ b/src/hubmap_search_sdk/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "hubmap_search_sdk"
-__version__ = "1.0.0-alpha.36"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.0.0-alpha.37"  # x-release-please-version