diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 08d92ed9..558825f3 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## `v1.3.1`
+- cleanup connection after making management request
+
 ## `v1.3.0`
 - add `SystemProperties` to `Event` which contains immutable broker provided metadata (squence number, offset, 
   enqueued time)
diff --git a/hub.go b/hub.go
index 75b33e8a..67997212 100644
--- a/hub.go
+++ b/hub.go
@@ -493,6 +493,12 @@ func (h *Hub) GetRuntimeInformation(ctx context.Context) (*HubRuntimeInformation
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.For(ctx).Error(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	info, err := client.GetHubRuntimeInformation(ctx, c)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.For(ctx).Error(err)
@@ -509,9 +515,16 @@ func (h *Hub) GetPartitionInformation(ctx context.Context, partitionID string) (
 	client := newClient(h.namespace, h.name)
 	c, err := h.namespace.newConnection()
 	if err != nil {
+		log.For(ctx).Error(err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.For(ctx).Error(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	info, err := client.GetHubPartitionRuntimeInformation(ctx, c, partitionID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 13c3fd12..fa01adf5 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package eventhub
 
 const (
 	// Version is the semantic version number
-	Version = "1.3.0"
+	Version = "1.3.1"
 )