diff --git a/firebase-installations/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-installations/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ac6a598a53..cd52c408330 100644
--- a/firebase-installations/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-installations/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+- [fixed] Closed the response stream when deleting an installation to avoid a StrictMode
+  `LeakedClosableViolation`.
+
 # 19.1.2
 
 - [changed] Migrated from SharedPreferences to DataStore (#8355)
diff --git a/firebase-installations/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/installations/remote/FirebaseInstallationServiceClient.java b/firebase-installations/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/installations/remote/FirebaseInstallationServiceClient.java
index a35b0ab64fa..9aaa5775420 100644
--- a/firebase-installations/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/installations/remote/FirebaseInstallationServiceClient.java
+++ b/firebase-installations/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/installations/remote/FirebaseInstallationServiceClient.java
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ public void deleteFirebaseInstallation(
         int httpResponseCode = httpURLConnection.getResponseCode();
 
         if (httpResponseCode == 200 || httpResponseCode == 401 || httpResponseCode == 404) {
+          closeResponseStream(httpURLConnection, httpResponseCode);
           return;
         }
 
@@ -453,6 +454,23 @@ private static boolean isSuccessfulResponseCode(int responseCode) {
     return responseCode >= 200 && responseCode < 300;
   }
 
+  // Close the response stream so decoders backing it (for example, the gzip Inflater on Android's
+  // HttpURLConnection) are released eagerly. disconnect() alone does not reliably release them,
+  // which triggers StrictMode LeakedClosableViolation when the finalizer runs.
+  private static void closeResponseStream(HttpURLConnection conn, int httpResponseCode) {
+    try {
+      InputStream stream =
+          isSuccessfulResponseCode(httpResponseCode)
+              ? conn.getInputStream()
+              : conn.getErrorStream();
+      if (stream != null) {
+        stream.close();
+      }
+    } catch (IOException ignored) {
+
+    }
+  }
+
   private static void logBadConfigError() {
     Log.e(
         FIS_TAG,