diff --git a/cfn/response.go b/cfn/response.go
index 5b786f5f..6d7cd768 100644
--- a/cfn/response.go
+++ b/cfn/response.go
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ func (r *Response) sendWith(client httpClient) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
 
 	body, err = io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	res.Body.Close()
 
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
 		log.Printf("StatusCode: %d\nBody: %v\n", res.StatusCode, string(body))
diff --git a/cfn/response_test.go b/cfn/response_test.go
index c833c2b8..b3fa7668 100644
--- a/cfn/response_test.go
+++ b/cfn/response_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ package cfn
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
+	"testing/iotest"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -44,6 +46,49 @@ type nopCloser struct {
 
 func (nopCloser) Close() error { return nil }
 
+type trackingReadCloser struct {
+	io.Reader
+	closeCount int
+	closeErr   error
+}
+
+func (r *trackingReadCloser) Close() error {
+	r.closeCount++
+	return r.closeErr
+}
+
+func TestResponseBodyClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	readErr := errors.New("response body read failed")
+	closeErr := errors.New("response body close failed")
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		statusCode int
+		reader     io.Reader
+		closeErr   error
+		wantErr    error
+	}{
+		{"success", http.StatusOK, bytes.NewBufferString(""), nil, nil},
+		{"HTTP error", http.StatusForbidden, bytes.NewBufferString("forbidden"), nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid status code. got: %d", http.StatusForbidden)},
+		{"read error", http.StatusOK, iotest.ErrReader(readErr), nil, readErr},
+		{"partial read error", http.StatusOK, io.MultiReader(bytes.NewBufferString("partial body"), iotest.ErrReader(readErr)), nil, readErr},
+		{"close error", http.StatusOK, bytes.NewBufferString(""), closeErr, nil},
+		{"read and close errors", http.StatusOK, iotest.ErrReader(readErr), closeErr, readErr},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			body := &trackingReadCloser{Reader: test.reader, closeErr: test.closeErr}
+			client := &mockClient{
+				DoFunc: func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+					return &http.Response{StatusCode: test.statusCode, Body: body}, nil
+				},
+			}
+			r := &Response{Status: StatusSuccess, url: "http://pre-signed-S3-url-for-response"}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.wantErr, r.sendWith(client))
+			assert.Equal(t, 1, body.closeCount)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRequestSentCorrectly(t *testing.T) {
 	r := &Response{
 		Status: StatusSuccess,