diff --git a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
index 84e59dad..b4d45ca4 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 0.1.1
+
+- Always properly `close()` the substream after sending requests and
+responses in the `InboundUpgrade` and `OutboundUpgrade`. Otherwise this is
+left to `RequestResponseCodec::write_request` and `RequestResponseCodec::write_response`,
+which can be a pitfall and lead to subtle problems (see e.g.
+https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1606).
+
 # 0.1.0
 
 - Initial release.
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
index ae4df0a3..79ee83d6 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-request-response"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Generic Request/Response Protocols"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/src/handler/protocol.rs b/protocols/request-response/src/handler/protocol.rs
index c0dcdaf9..6373e90d 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/src/handler/protocol.rs
+++ b/protocols/request-response/src/handler/protocol.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ where
                     write.await?;
                 }
             }
+            io.close().await?;
             Ok(())
         }.boxed()
     }
@@ -156,10 +157,10 @@ where
         async move {
             let write = self.codec.write_request(&protocol, &mut io, self.request);
             write.await?;
+            io.close().await?;
             let read = self.codec.read_response(&protocol, &mut io);
             let response = read.await?;
             Ok(response)
         }.boxed()
     }
 }
-