diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a70954af..537b8e0b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.43.0"
+  ".": "4.43.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75dc0980..2d82b418 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.43.1 (2025-11-27)
+
+Full Changelog: [v4.43.0...v4.43.1](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/compare/v4.43.0...v4.43.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ensure streams are always closed ([3c4918f](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/commit/3c4918f9ee4f45e6a0fd7ea63436f663710a23b1))
+
 ## 4.43.0 (2025-11-25)
 
 Full Changelog: [v4.42.0...v4.43.0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/compare/v4.42.0...v4.43.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03c574e5..49f353e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "orb-billing"
-version = "4.43.0"
+version = "4.43.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the orb API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/orb/_streaming.py b/src/orb/_streaming.py
index 4efca455..943d03ab 100644
--- a/src/orb/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/orb/_streaming.py
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
         process_data = self._client._process_response_data
         iterator = self._iter_events()
 
-        for sse in iterator:
-            yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
-
-        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
-        response.close()
+        try:
+            for sse in iterator:
+                yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
+        finally:
+            # Ensure the response is closed even if the consumer doesn't read all data
+            response.close()
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
@@ -117,11 +118,12 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
         process_data = self._client._process_response_data
         iterator = self._iter_events()
 
-        async for sse in iterator:
-            yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
-
-        # As we might not fully consume the response stream, we need to close it explicitly
-        await response.aclose()
+        try:
+            async for sse in iterator:
+                yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
+        finally:
+            # Ensure the response is closed even if the consumer doesn't read all data
+            await response.aclose()
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> Self:
         return self
diff --git a/src/orb/_version.py b/src/orb/_version.py
index 7dc7e9de..99c0b943 100644
--- a/src/orb/_version.py
+++ b/src/orb/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "orb"
-__version__ = "4.43.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "4.43.1"  # x-release-please-version