diff --git a/clients/horizonclient/CHANGELOG.md b/clients/horizonclient/CHANGELOG.md
index bcd3ef331d..33df7b1245 100644
--- a/clients/horizonclient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/clients/horizonclient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ file.  This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ## [v11.0.0](https://github.com/stellar/go/releases/tag/horizonclient-v11.0.0) - 2023-03-29
 
 * Type of `AccountSequence` field in `protocols/horizon.Account` was changed to `int64`.
+* Fixed memory leak in `stream` function in `client.go` due to incorrect `resp.Body.Close` handling.
 
 ## [v10.0.0](https://github.com/stellar/go/releases/tag/horizonclient-v10.0.0) - 2022-04-18
 
diff --git a/clients/horizonclient/client.go b/clients/horizonclient/client.go
index 0c580de771..18abca491c 100644
--- a/clients/horizonclient/client.go
+++ b/clients/horizonclient/client.go
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ func (c *Client) stream(
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "error sending HTTP request")
 		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		// Expected statusCode are 200-299
 		if !(resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("got bad HTTP status code %d", resp.StatusCode)
 		}
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		reader := bufio.NewReader(resp.Body)