diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/jersey2/ApiClient.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/jersey2/ApiClient.mustache
index b8a5f95d9d1..986354e768b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/jersey2/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/jersey2/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -682,48 +682,56 @@ public class ApiClient {
 
     Entity<?> entity = serialize(body, formParams, contentType);
 
-    Response response;
+    Response response = null;
 
-    if ("GET".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.get();
-    } else if ("POST".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.post(entity);
-    } else if ("PUT".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.put(entity);
-    } else if ("DELETE".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.delete();
-    } else if ("PATCH".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.header("X-HTTP-Method-Override", "PATCH").post(entity);
-    } else {
-      throw new ApiException(500, "unknown method type " + method);
-    }
-
-    statusCode = response.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode();
-    responseHeaders = buildResponseHeaders(response);
-
-    if (response.getStatus() == Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode()) {
-      return null;
-    } else if (response.getStatusInfo().getFamily() == Status.Family.SUCCESSFUL) {
-      if (returnType == null)
-        return null;
-      else
-        return deserialize(response, returnType);
-    } else {
-      String message = "error";
-      String respBody = null;
-      if (response.hasEntity()) {
-        try {
-          respBody = String.valueOf(response.readEntity(String.class));
-          message = respBody;
-        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-          // e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+    try {
+      if ("GET".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.get();
+      } else if ("POST".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.post(entity);
+      } else if ("PUT".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.put(entity);
+      } else if ("DELETE".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.delete();
+      } else if ("PATCH".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.header("X-HTTP-Method-Override", "PATCH").post(entity);
+      } else {
+        throw new ApiException(500, "unknown method type " + method);
+      }
+
+      statusCode = response.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode();
+      responseHeaders = buildResponseHeaders(response);
+
+      if (response.getStatus() == Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode()) {
+        return null;
+      } else if (response.getStatusInfo().getFamily() == Status.Family.SUCCESSFUL) {
+        if (returnType == null)
+          return null;
+        else
+          return deserialize(response, returnType);
+      } else {
+        String message = "error";
+        String respBody = null;
+        if (response.hasEntity()) {
+          try {
+            respBody = String.valueOf(response.readEntity(String.class));
+            message = respBody;
+          } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            // e.printStackTrace();
+          }
+        }
+        throw new ApiException(
+          response.getStatus(),
+          message,
+          buildResponseHeaders(response),
+          respBody);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        response.close();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        // it's not critical, since the response object is local in method invokeAPI; that's fine, just continue
       }
-      throw new ApiException(
-        response.getStatus(),
-        message,
-        buildResponseHeaders(response),
-        respBody);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/jersey2/src/main/java/io/swagger/client/ApiClient.java b/samples/client/petstore/java/jersey2/src/main/java/io/swagger/client/ApiClient.java
index 0995fbc3df7..16b5e5796d9 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/jersey2/src/main/java/io/swagger/client/ApiClient.java
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/jersey2/src/main/java/io/swagger/client/ApiClient.java
@@ -671,48 +671,56 @@ public class ApiClient {
 
     Entity<?> entity = serialize(body, formParams, contentType);
 
-    Response response;
+    Response response = null;
 
-    if ("GET".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.get();
-    } else if ("POST".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.post(entity);
-    } else if ("PUT".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.put(entity);
-    } else if ("DELETE".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.delete();
-    } else if ("PATCH".equals(method)) {
-      response = invocationBuilder.header("X-HTTP-Method-Override", "PATCH").post(entity);
-    } else {
-      throw new ApiException(500, "unknown method type " + method);
-    }
-
-    statusCode = response.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode();
-    responseHeaders = buildResponseHeaders(response);
-
-    if (response.getStatus() == Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode()) {
-      return null;
-    } else if (response.getStatusInfo().getFamily() == Status.Family.SUCCESSFUL) {
-      if (returnType == null)
-        return null;
-      else
-        return deserialize(response, returnType);
-    } else {
-      String message = "error";
-      String respBody = null;
-      if (response.hasEntity()) {
-        try {
-          respBody = String.valueOf(response.readEntity(String.class));
-          message = respBody;
-        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-          // e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+    try {
+      if ("GET".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.get();
+      } else if ("POST".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.post(entity);
+      } else if ("PUT".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.put(entity);
+      } else if ("DELETE".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.delete();
+      } else if ("PATCH".equals(method)) {
+        response = invocationBuilder.header("X-HTTP-Method-Override", "PATCH").post(entity);
+      } else {
+        throw new ApiException(500, "unknown method type " + method);
+      }
+
+      statusCode = response.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode();
+      responseHeaders = buildResponseHeaders(response);
+
+      if (response.getStatus() == Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode()) {
+        return null;
+      } else if (response.getStatusInfo().getFamily() == Status.Family.SUCCESSFUL) {
+        if (returnType == null)
+          return null;
+        else
+          return deserialize(response, returnType);
+      } else {
+        String message = "error";
+        String respBody = null;
+        if (response.hasEntity()) {
+          try {
+            respBody = String.valueOf(response.readEntity(String.class));
+            message = respBody;
+          } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            // e.printStackTrace();
+          }
+        }
+        throw new ApiException(
+          response.getStatus(),
+          message,
+          buildResponseHeaders(response),
+          respBody);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        response.close();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        // it's not critical, since the response object is local in method invokeAPI; that's fine, just continue
       }
-      throw new ApiException(
-        response.getStatus(),
-        message,
-        buildResponseHeaders(response),
-        respBody);
     }
   }