diff --git a/middleware/body_limit_test.go b/middleware/body_limit_test.go
index 8ffed55a4..17c093e42 100644
--- a/middleware/body_limit_test.go
+++ b/middleware/body_limit_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func TestBodyLimitReader(t *testing.T) {
 		reader:          io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(hw)),
 		context:         e.NewContext(req, rec),
 	}
+	defer assert.NoError(t, reader.Close())
 
 	// read all should return ErrStatusRequestEntityTooLarge
 	_, err := io.ReadAll(reader)