diff --git a/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go b/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
index 68fb64e7e5..7b627492c9 100644
--- a/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) Export(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
+	defer res.Body.Close() 
+	
 	b, err = io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.New(err.Error() + "error thrown by elasticsearch " + string(b))