diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index 462b940..ca5e078 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: webmock
-version: 0.14.0
+version: 0.14.1
 
 crystal: ">= 0.36.0, < 2.0.0"
 
diff --git a/src/webmock/core_ext.cr b/src/webmock/core_ext.cr
index 11436ba..e336144 100644
--- a/src/webmock/core_ext.cr
+++ b/src/webmock/core_ext.cr
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class HTTP::Client
 
     HTTP::Client::Response.from_io(io, request.ignore_body?) do |response|
       result = yield(response)
-      close unless response.keep_alive?
       WebMock.callbacks.call(:after_live_request, request, response)
+    ensure
+      close unless response.keep_alive?
     end
 
     raise "Unexpected end of response" unless result.is_a?(T)