diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 292678b30b0..b6d0e025ed5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 5.12-SNAPSHOT
 
 #### Bugs
+* Fix #3697: addresses response that aren't closed by interceptors that issue new requests
 
 #### Improvements
 
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.java
index 212c670bc50..bc7b5a6d60d 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static final class InteceptorAdapter implements Interceptor {
     private final io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.Interceptor interceptor;
     private final String name;
 
-    private InteceptorAdapter(io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.Interceptor interceptor, String name) {
+    InteceptorAdapter(io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.Interceptor interceptor, String name) {
       this.interceptor = interceptor;
       this.name = name;
     }
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
       if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
         boolean call = interceptor.afterFailure(builderImpl, new OkHttpResponseImpl<>(response, InputStream.class));
         if (call) {
+          response.close();
           return chain.proceed(requestBuilder.build());
         }
       }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java b/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java
similarity index 61%
rename from kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java
rename to kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java
index b4378b7ed4a..e1024009e38 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/internal/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/okhttp/OkHttpClientFactoryTest.java
@@ -14,13 +14,21 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.internal.okhttp;
+package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.okhttp;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.ConfigBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.okhttp.OkHttpClientFactory;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.okhttp.OkHttpClientImpl;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.BasicBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.HttpResponse;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.Interceptor;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Request.Builder;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import okhttp3.Interceptor.Chain;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
@@ -55,5 +63,24 @@ void shouldRespectMaxRequestsPerHost() {
     assertEquals(20, client.getOkHttpClient().dispatcher().getMaxRequestsPerHost());
   }
   
-
+  @Test
+  void inteceptorClosure() throws IOException {
+    OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.InteceptorAdapter adapter = new OkHttpClientBuilderImpl.InteceptorAdapter(new Interceptor() {
+      @Override
+      public boolean afterFailure(BasicBuilder builder, HttpResponse<?> response) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }, "name");
+    
+    Chain chain = Mockito.mock(Chain.class);
+    Mockito.when(chain.request()).thenReturn(Mockito.mock(Request.class));
+    Mockito.when(chain.request().newBuilder()).thenReturn(Mockito.mock(Builder.class));
+    Response response = Mockito.mock(Response.class);
+    Mockito.when(chain.proceed(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(response);
+    
+    adapter.intercept(chain);
+    
+    Mockito.verify(response).close();
+  }
+  
 }