diff --git a/src/internal/git/repository_test.go b/src/internal/git/repository_test.go
index 7e75319eee..e833e6e2f7 100644
--- a/src/internal/git/repository_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/git/repository_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ func TestRepository(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = newFile.Write([]byte("Hello World"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	newFile.Close()
+	err = newFile.Close()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = w.Add(filePath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = w.Commit("Initial commit", &git.CommitOptions{
diff --git a/src/internal/gitea/gitea.go b/src/internal/gitea/gitea.go
index 94244d03f1..6aff480af6 100644
--- a/src/internal/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/src/internal/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func NewClient(endpoint, username, password string) (*Client, error) {
 }
 
 // DoRequest performs a request to the Gitea API at the given path.
-func (g *Client) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, path string, body []byte) ([]byte, int, error) {
+func (g *Client) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, path string, body []byte) (_ []byte, _ int, err error) {
 	u, err := g.endpoint.Parse(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
@@ -60,10 +61,14 @@ func (g *Client) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, path string, body
 	req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
 	resp, err := g.httpClient.Do(req)
+	// Ensure we close the body of the http client and capture the error
+	defer func() {
+		errClose := resp.Body.Close()
+		err = errors.Join(err, errClose)
+	}()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err