diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2aca35ae..d04f223f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.0"
+  ".": "0.5.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1bd0e1b..8a8a4af5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.1 (2025-10-29)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.5.0...v0.5.1](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentex-python/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** close streams without requiring full consumption ([f56acae](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentex-python/commit/f56acae74ee83a116e735ca7bf68f2096aafaf6e))
+
 ## 0.5.0 (2025-10-28)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.4.28...v0.5.0](https://github.com/scaleapi/agentex-python/compare/v0.4.28...v0.5.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e04e755b..1e7bf72d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "agentex-sdk"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the agentex API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/agentex/_streaming.py b/src/agentex/_streaming.py
index cdcb3280..ed1382cc 100644
--- a/src/agentex/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/agentex/_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/agentex/_version.py b/src/agentex/_version.py
index 6d776a78..67706282 100644
--- a/src/agentex/_version.py
+++ b/src/agentex/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "agentex"
-__version__ = "0.5.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.5.1"  # x-release-please-version