diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 924a733e..d3e998e4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+import reactor.netty.Connection;
 import reactor.retry.Backoff;
 import reactor.retry.Repeat;
 import reactor.retry.RepeatContext;
@@ -83,9 +84,8 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactory
 				boolean retryableStatusCode = retryConfig.getStatuses()
 						.contains(statusCode);
 
-				if (!retryableStatusCode && statusCode != null) { // null status code
-																	// might mean a
-																	// network exception?
+				// null status code might mean a network exception?
+				if (!retryableStatusCode && statusCode != null) {
 					// try the series
 					retryableStatusCode = retryConfig.getSeries().stream()
 							.anyMatch(series -> statusCode.series().equals(series));
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactory
 	 * Use {@link ServerWebExchangeUtils#reset(ServerWebExchange)}
 	 */
 	public void reset(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		Connection conn = exchange
+				.getAttribute(ServerWebExchangeUtils.CLIENT_RESPONSE_CONN_ATTR);
+		if (conn != null) {
+			trace("disposing response connection before next iteration");
+			conn.dispose();
+			exchange.getAttributes()
+					.remove(ServerWebExchangeUtils.CLIENT_RESPONSE_CONN_ATTR);
+		}
 		ServerWebExchangeUtils.reset(exchange);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
index b2e2a869..69a51265 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests extends BaseWebClientTest
 				.header(HttpHeaders.HOST, "www.retrypostconfig.org")
 				.bodyValue("HelloConfig").exchange().expectStatus().isOk()
 				.expectBody(String.class).isEqualTo("3");
+		assertThat(this.capture.toString())
+				.contains("disposing response connection before next iteration");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests extends BaseWebClientTest
 				AtomicInteger num = getCount(key);
 				return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
 						.header("X-Retry-Count", String.valueOf(num))
-						.body("bodys did not match on try" + num);
+						.body("body did not match on try" + num);
 			}
 			return response;
 		}