diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor-test/src/test/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/test/LocalHttpClient.java b/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor-test/src/test/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/test/LocalHttpClient.java
index 647b1994663e..cdedd598e27b 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor-test/src/test/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/test/LocalHttpClient.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor-test/src/test/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/test/LocalHttpClient.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public Response<?> send(HttpRequest request) {
 
         return new MockHttpResponse(request, success ? 200 : 400) {
             @Override
-            public void close() throws IOException {
+            public void close() {
                 closeCalledOnResponse = true;
 
                 super.close();
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor/src/main/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/utils/ResponseBodyModeGeneration.java b/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor/src/main/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/utils/ResponseBodyModeGeneration.java
index 2138a16172ff..807c9e7847f5 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor/src/main/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/utils/ResponseBodyModeGeneration.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/annotation-processor/src/main/java/io/clientcore/annotation/processor/utils/ResponseBodyModeGeneration.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.implementation.http.HttpResponse;
 import io.clientcore.core.implementation.http.HttpResponseAccessHelper;
 import io.clientcore.core.models.binarydata.BinaryData;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 
 import static io.clientcore.annotation.processor.templating.JavaParserTemplateProcessor.isPrimitiveOrWrapper;
 
@@ -121,11 +119,7 @@ public static void generateResponseHandling(BlockStmt body, String returnTypeNam
     }
 
     private static void closeResponse(BlockStmt body) {
-        body.tryAddImportToParentCompilationUnit(IOException.class);
-        body.tryAddImportToParentCompilationUnit(UncheckedIOException.class);
-
-        body.addStatement(StaticJavaParser.parseStatement("try { response.close(); }"
-            + "catch (IOException e) { throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e)); }"));
+        body.addStatement(StaticJavaParser.parseStatement("response.close();"));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/Response.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/Response.java
index 61d8559357f3..93db5d5b4387 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/Response.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/Response.java
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ public interface Response<T> extends Closeable {
     static <T> Response<T> create(HttpRequest request, int statusCode, HttpHeaders headers, T value) {
         return new HttpResponse<>(request, statusCode, headers, value);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the response and releases any resources associated with it.
+     */
+    void close();
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/paging/PagedResponse.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/paging/PagedResponse.java
index 527cf2f8ba1e..8f85c4d380d8 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/paging/PagedResponse.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/paging/PagedResponse.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.http.models.Response;
 import io.clientcore.core.models.binarydata.BinaryData;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ public BinaryData getBody() {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         if (body != null) {
             body.close();
         }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpInstrumentationPolicy.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpInstrumentationPolicy.java
index 28577c03b96c..cff67ad842d4 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpInstrumentationPolicy.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpInstrumentationPolicy.java
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ public BinaryData getBody() {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void close() throws IOException {
+        public void close() {
             if (bufferedBody == null) {
                 getBody();
             }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRedirectPolicy.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRedirectPolicy.java
index c61d33fc943f..6b359254c767 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRedirectPolicy.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRedirectPolicy.java
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.instrumentation.logging.ClientLogger;
 import io.clientcore.core.instrumentation.logging.LoggingEvent;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -177,11 +175,7 @@ private void createRedirectRequest(Response<?> redirectResponse) {
         redirectResponse.getRequest().getHeaders().remove(HttpHeaderName.AUTHORIZATION);
         redirectResponse.getRequest().setUri(redirectResponse.getHeaders().getValue(this.locationHeader));
 
-        try {
-            redirectResponse.close();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
-        }
+        redirectResponse.close();
     }
 
     private void logRedirect(ClientLogger logger, boolean lastAttempt, String redirectUri, int tryCount,
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRetryPolicy.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRetryPolicy.java
index 19b2845c792e..654016f45d71 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRetryPolicy.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpRetryPolicy.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.utils.configuration.Configuration;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.time.DateTimeException;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -210,12 +209,7 @@ private Response<?> attempt(final HttpRequest httpRequest, final HttpPipelineNex
             final Duration delayDuration = determineDelayDuration(response, tryCount, delayFromHeaders);
 
             logRetry(logger.atVerbose(), tryCount, delayDuration, null, false, instrumentationContext);
-
-            try {
-                response.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
-            }
+            response.close();
 
             long millis = delayDuration.toMillis();
             if (millis > 0) {
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/OAuthBearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/OAuthBearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.java
index 2455ffdcc31c..73a2646e8c14 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/OAuthBearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/OAuthBearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.http.models.Response;
 import io.clientcore.core.instrumentation.logging.ClientLogger;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
@@ -82,11 +81,7 @@ public Response<?> process(HttpRequest httpRequest, HttpPipelineNextPolicy next)
         if (httpResponse.getStatusCode() == 401 && authHeader != null) {
             if (authorizeRequestOnChallenge(httpRequest, httpResponse)) {
                 // body needs to be closed or read to the end to release the connection
-                try {
-                    httpResponse.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new RuntimeException(e));
-                }
+                httpResponse.close();
                 return nextPolicy.process();
             } else {
                 return httpResponse;
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/HttpResponse.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/HttpResponse.java
index 4989aca12d55..f24c74099af6 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/HttpResponse.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/HttpResponse.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.http.models.Response;
 import io.clientcore.core.models.binarydata.BinaryData;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /**
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ private HttpResponse<T> setBodyDeserializer(Function<BinaryData, Object> bodyDes
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         BinaryData body = getBody();
         if (body != null) {
             body.close();
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImpl.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImpl.java
index 351116d4af42..c2cf0f16eae6 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImpl.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImpl.java
@@ -350,11 +350,7 @@ private static Object handleRestResponseReturnType(Response<?> response, Swagger
             final Type bodyType = TypeUtil.getRestResponseBodyType(entityType);
 
             if (TypeUtil.isTypeOrSubTypeOf(bodyType, Void.class)) {
-                try {
-                    response.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
-                }
+                response.close();
 
                 return createResponseIfNecessary(response, entityType, null);
             } else {
@@ -461,11 +457,7 @@ private static Object handleRestReturnType(Response<?> response, SwaggerMethodPa
         final Object result;
 
         if (TypeUtil.isTypeOrSubTypeOf(returnType, void.class) || TypeUtil.isTypeOrSubTypeOf(returnType, Void.class)) {
-            try {
-                expectedResponse.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
-            }
+            expectedResponse.close();
 
             result = null;
         } else {
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/BinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/BinaryData.java
index 304d4ccf7111..636f37df018c 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/BinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/BinaryData.java
@@ -808,4 +808,9 @@ public void writeTo(WritableByteChannel channel) throws IOException {
     public static BinaryData empty() {
         return BinaryData.EMPTY;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the underlying resource of this {@link BinaryData} if it is closeable.
+     */
+    public abstract void close();
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteArrayBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteArrayBinaryData.java
index f2371a55efe2..377661aedfee 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteArrayBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteArrayBinaryData.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public BinaryData toReplayableBinaryData() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // no-op
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteBufferBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteBufferBinaryData.java
index 50343af13c72..ef5bd21420c0 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteBufferBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ByteBufferBinaryData.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // no-op
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/FileBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/FileBinaryData.java
index 423c10b0107a..1862ba903728 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/FileBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/FileBinaryData.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // Since this uses a Path, there is nothing to close, therefore no-op.
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/InputStreamBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/InputStreamBinaryData.java
index cb61a9504131..1264bab84b5c 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/InputStreamBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/InputStreamBinaryData.java
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
-        content.get().close();
+    public void close() {
+        try {
+            content.get().close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ListByteBufferBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ListByteBufferBinaryData.java
index 778add767a70..1f751726619c 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ListByteBufferBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/ListByteBufferBinaryData.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // no-op
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/SerializableBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/SerializableBinaryData.java
index d253aab27a58..7188aa7b894c 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/SerializableBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/SerializableBinaryData.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // no-op
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/StringBinaryData.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/StringBinaryData.java
index e9ba9f96c5d0..2d4b83dfd621 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/StringBinaryData.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/main/java/io/clientcore/core/models/binarydata/StringBinaryData.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ private byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() throws IOException {
+    public void close() {
         // no-op
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/RestProxyTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/RestProxyTests.java
index 77e95436797c..9077cd62b5e2 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/RestProxyTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/RestProxyTests.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ Response<List<Foo>> listNextFoo(@PathParam(value = "nextLink", encoded = true) S
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void contentTypeHeaderPriorityOverBodyParamAnnotationTest() throws IOException {
+    public void contentTypeHeaderPriorityOverBodyParamAnnotationTest() {
         HttpClient client = new LocalHttpClient();
         HttpPipeline pipeline = new HttpPipelineBuilder().httpClient(client).build();
 
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ public Response<?> send(HttpRequest request) {
 
             return new MockHttpResponse(request, success ? 200 : 400) {
                 @Override
-                public void close() throws IOException {
+                public void close() {
                     closeCalledOnResponse = true;
 
                     super.close();
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ public HttpRequest getLastHttpRequest() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void doesNotChangeEncodedPath() throws IOException {
+    public void doesNotChangeEncodedPath() {
         String nextLinkUri
             = "https://management.somecloud.com:443/subscriptions/000/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/vmss1/virtualMachines?api-version=2021-11-01&$skiptoken=Mzk4YzFjMzMtM2IwMC00OWViLWI2NGYtNjg4ZTRmZGQ1Nzc2IS9TdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zL2VjMGFhNWY3LTllNzgtNDBjOS04NWNkLTUzNWM2MzA1YjM4MC9SZXNvdXJjZUdyb3Vwcy9SRy1XRUlEWFUtVk1TUy9WTVNjYWxlU2V0cy9WTVNTMS9WTXMvNzc=";
         HttpPipeline pipeline = new HttpPipelineBuilder().httpClient((request) -> {
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/HttpResponseTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/HttpResponseTests.java
index 8555b3cdd4b0..dec57fffb422 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/HttpResponseTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/HttpResponseTests.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public void constructor() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void constructorWithNullValue() throws IOException {
+    public void constructorWithNullValue() {
         try (HttpResponse<?> response = new HttpResponse<>(HTTP_REQUEST, STATUS_CODE, HEADERS, null)) {
             assertEquals(HTTP_REQUEST, response.getRequest());
             assertEquals(STATUS_CODE, response.getStatusCode());
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void constructorWithNullValue() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void constructorWithNullValueAndBodySet() throws IOException {
+    public void constructorWithNullValueAndBodySet() {
         try (HttpResponse<?> response = new HttpResponse<>(HTTP_REQUEST, STATUS_CODE, HEADERS, null)) {
             assertEquals(HTTP_REQUEST, response.getRequest());
             assertEquals(STATUS_CODE, response.getStatusCode());
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public void constructorWithNullValueAndBodySet() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void constructorWithNullValueBodySetAndBodyDeserializer() throws IOException {
+    public void constructorWithNullValueBodySetAndBodyDeserializer() {
         try (HttpResponse<?> response = new HttpResponse<>(HTTP_REQUEST, STATUS_CODE, HEADERS, null)) {
             assertEquals(HTTP_REQUEST, response.getRequest());
             assertEquals(STATUS_CODE, response.getStatusCode());
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void constructorWithNullValueBodySetAndBodyDeserializer() throws IOExcept
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void constructorWithValueDoesNotDeserializeBody() throws IOException {
+    public void constructorWithValueDoesNotDeserializeBody() {
         try (HttpResponse<?> response = new HttpResponse<>(HTTP_REQUEST, STATUS_CODE, HEADERS, VALUE)) {
             assertEquals(HTTP_REQUEST, response.getRequest());
             assertEquals(STATUS_CODE, response.getStatusCode());
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/PagedResponseTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/PagedResponseTests.java
index b643c434adab..288321b30e85 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/PagedResponseTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/models/PagedResponseTests.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ public void testPagedResponseRequired() {
                 Assertions.assertEquals(firstLink, pagedResponse.getFirstLink());
                 Assertions.assertEquals(lastLink, pagedResponse.getLastLink());
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            Assertions.fail();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpPipelinePolicyTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpPipelinePolicyTests.java
index a6c6b62cee87..da70d5625a77 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpPipelinePolicyTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/HttpPipelinePolicyTests.java
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
 import io.clientcore.core.http.models.Response;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class HttpPipelinePolicyTests {
     @Test
-    public void verifySend() throws IOException {
+    public void verifySend() {
         SyncPolicy policy1 = new SyncPolicy();
         SyncPolicy policy2 = new SyncPolicy();
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public void verifySend() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void defaultImplementationShouldCallRightStack() throws IOException {
+    public void defaultImplementationShouldCallRightStack() {
         DefaultImplementationSyncPolicy policyWithDefaultSyncImplementation = new DefaultImplementationSyncPolicy();
 
         HttpPipeline pipeline = new HttpPipelineBuilder().httpClient(new NoOpHttpClient())
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public void defaultImplementationShouldCallRightStack() throws IOException {
      * This is to cover case when reactor could complain about blocking on non-blocking thread.
      */
     @Test
-    public void doesNotThrowThatThreadIsNonBlocking() throws IOException {
+    public void doesNotThrowThatThreadIsNonBlocking() {
         SyncPolicy policy1 = new SyncPolicy();
         HttpPipelinePolicy badPolicy1 = (ignored, next) -> {
             try {
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/RetryPolicyTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/RetryPolicyTests.java
index 6fb50f5b6774..7b761b407dc5 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/RetryPolicyTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/http/pipeline/RetryPolicyTests.java
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ public Response<?> send(HttpRequest request) {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void retryConsumesBody() throws IOException {
+    public void retryConsumesBody() {
         AtomicInteger closeCalls = new AtomicInteger();
         Response<?> closeTrackingHttpResponse = new MockHttpResponse(null, 503, new HttpHeaders()) {
             @Override
-            public void close() throws IOException {
+            public void close() {
                 closeCalls.incrementAndGet();
                 super.close();
             }
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public void propagatingExceptionHasOtherErrorsAsSuppressedExceptions() {
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("getWellKnownRetryDelaySupplier")
-    public void retryWellKnownRetryHeaders(HttpHeaders responseHeaders) throws IOException {
+    public void retryWellKnownRetryHeaders(HttpHeaders responseHeaders) {
         HttpRetryOptions retryOptions = new HttpRetryOptions(1, Duration.ofMillis(1));
 
         AtomicInteger attemptCount = new AtomicInteger();
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImplTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImplTests.java
index 596612f5f022..cd629faae358 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImplTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/http/rest/RestProxyImplTests.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public Response<?> send(HttpRequest request) {
 
             return new MockHttpResponse(request, success ? 200 : 400) {
                 @Override
-                public void close() throws IOException {
+                public void close() {
                     lastResponseClosed = true;
 
                     super.close();
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/serializer/HttpResponseBodyDecoderTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/serializer/HttpResponseBodyDecoderTests.java
index d0e8abc4f7b3..16acae269864 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/serializer/HttpResponseBodyDecoderTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/core/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/implementation/serializer/HttpResponseBodyDecoderTests.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public void decodeListBase64UriResponse() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void malformedBodyReturnsError() throws IOException {
+    public void malformedBodyReturnsError() {
         try (Response<?> response = new MockHttpResponse(GET_REQUEST, 200, (Object) null)) {
             HttpResponseDecodeData decodeData = new MockHttpResponseDecodeData(200, String.class, String.class, true);
 
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpGet.java b/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpGet.java
index 1ca540e259e4..29ce896f97b1 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpGet.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpGet.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.http.stress.util.TelemetryHelper;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ private void runInternal() {
         HttpRequest request = createRequest();
         try (Response<?> response = pipeline.send(request)) {
             response.getBody().toBytes();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
         }
     }
 
@@ -97,13 +93,7 @@ private Mono<Void> runInternalAsync() {
         return Mono.usingWhen(Mono.fromCallable(() -> pipeline.send(createRequest())), response -> {
             response.getBody().toBytes();
             return Mono.empty();
-        }, response -> Mono.fromRunnable(() -> {
-            try {
-                response.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new UncheckedIOException(e));
-            }
-        }));
+        }, response -> Mono.fromRunnable(response::close));
     }
 
     // Method to run using CompletableFuture
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpPatch.java b/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpPatch.java
index 6963f0f89845..a915a3575eda 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpPatch.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/http-stress/src/main/java/io/clientcore/http/stress/HttpPatch.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import io.clientcore.http.stress.util.TelemetryHelper;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ private void runInternal() {
             int responseCode = response.getStatusCode();
             assert responseCode == 200 : "Unexpected response code: " + responseCode;
             response.getBody().close();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw LOGGER.logThrowableAsError(new RuntimeException(e));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/instrumentation/SuppressionTests.java b/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/instrumentation/SuppressionTests.java
index 307836b86f15..8c23a9a444fa 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/instrumentation/SuppressionTests.java
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/src/test/java/io/clientcore/core/instrumentation/SuppressionTests.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class SuppressionTests {
     private static final LibraryInstrumentationOptions DEFAULT_LIB_OPTIONS
@@ -378,11 +377,7 @@ public void protocolMethod(RequestOptions options) {
             try (TracingScope scope = span.makeCurrent()) {
                 Response<?> response
                     = pipeline.send(new HttpRequest().setMethod(HttpMethod.GET).setUri("https://localhost"));
-                try {
-                    response.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    fail(e);
-                }
+                response.close();
             } finally {
                 span.end();
             }
@@ -423,7 +418,7 @@ static class SampleClientCallInstrumentation {
         }
 
         @SuppressWarnings("try")
-        public void protocolMethod(RequestOptions options) throws IOException {
+        public void protocolMethod(RequestOptions options) {
             if (!protocolInstrumentation.shouldInstrument(options)) {
                 Response<?> response
                     = pipeline.send(new HttpRequest().setMethod(HttpMethod.GET).setUri("https://localhost"));
@@ -436,7 +431,7 @@ public void protocolMethod(RequestOptions options) throws IOException {
                 Response<?> response
                     = pipeline.send(new HttpRequest().setMethod(HttpMethod.GET).setUri("https://localhost"));
                 response.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 scope.setError(e);
                 throw e;
             } finally {
@@ -445,7 +440,7 @@ public void protocolMethod(RequestOptions options) throws IOException {
         }
 
         @SuppressWarnings("try")
-        public void convenienceMethod(RequestOptions options) throws IOException {
+        public void convenienceMethod(RequestOptions options) {
             if (!convenienceInstrumentation.shouldInstrument(options)) {
                 protocolMethod(options);
             }
@@ -453,7 +448,7 @@ public void convenienceMethod(RequestOptions options) throws IOException {
             OperationInstrumentation.Scope scope = convenienceInstrumentation.startScope(options);
             try {
                 protocolMethod(options);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 scope.setError(e);
                 throw e;
             } finally {