1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python3/httplib2/__init__.py b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
index b1b86f4..8b64c41 100644
--- a/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
+++ b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ __contributors__ = [
     "Alex Yu",
 ]
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__version__ = '0.12.0'
+__version__ = '0.12.1'
 
 import base64
 import calendar
@@ -1722,6 +1722,8 @@ The return value is a tuple of (response, content), the first
 being and instance of the 'Response' class, the second being
 a string that contains the response entity body.
         """
+        conn_key = ''
+
         try:
             if headers is None:
                 headers = {}
@@ -1924,6 +1926,12 @@ a string that contains the response entity body.
                         cachekey,
                     )
         except Exception as e:
+            is_timeout = isinstance(e, socket.timeout)
+            if is_timeout:
+                conn = self.connections.pop(conn_key, None)
+                if conn:
+                    conn.close()
+
             if self.force_exception_to_status_code:
                 if isinstance(e, HttpLib2ErrorWithResponse):
                     response = e.response