diff --git a/api/jreleaser-resource-bundle/src/main/resources/org/jreleaser/bundle/Messages.properties b/api/jreleaser-resource-bundle/src/main/resources/org/jreleaser/bundle/Messages.properties
index fb512b1e0..eca6f8faf 100644
--- a/api/jreleaser-resource-bundle/src/main/resources/org/jreleaser/bundle/Messages.properties
+++ b/api/jreleaser-resource-bundle/src/main/resources/org/jreleaser/bundle/Messages.properties
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ git.create.release                      = creating release on {}/{} with tag {}
 git.create.release.repository           = creating release on {} with tag {}
 git.update.release                      = updating release on {}/{} with tag {}
 git.upload.assets                       = uploading assets to {}/{}
+git.upload.asset.stream.closed          = ! {} response stream closed
 git.upload.asset                        = - uploading {}
 git.upload.asset.failure                = x failed to upload {}
 git.delete.asset                        = - deleting {}
diff --git a/sdks/jreleaser-github-java-sdk/src/main/java/org/jreleaser/sdk/github/Github.java b/sdks/jreleaser-github-java-sdk/src/main/java/org/jreleaser/sdk/github/Github.java
index f48b5d98d..b07f2b198 100644
--- a/sdks/jreleaser-github-java-sdk/src/main/java/org/jreleaser/sdk/github/Github.java
+++ b/sdks/jreleaser-github-java-sdk/src/main/java/org/jreleaser/sdk/github/Github.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHDiscussion;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHException;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHFileNotFoundException;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHIOException;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHIssue;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHIssueState;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHLabel;
@@ -192,9 +193,16 @@ void uploadAssets(GHRelease release, List<Asset> assets) throws IOException {
             }
 
             logger.info(" " + RB.$("git.upload.asset"), asset.getFilename());
-            GHAsset ghasset = release.uploadAsset(asset.getPath().toFile(), MediaType.parse(tika.detect(asset.getPath())).toString());
-            if (!"uploaded".equalsIgnoreCase(ghasset.getState())) {
-                logger.warn(" " + RB.$("git.upload.asset.failure"), asset.getFilename());
+            try {
+                GHAsset ghasset = release.uploadAsset(asset.getPath().toFile(), MediaType.parse(tika.detect(asset.getPath())).toString());
+                if (!"uploaded".equalsIgnoreCase(ghasset.getState())) {
+                    logger.warn(" " + RB.$("git.upload.asset.failure"), asset.getFilename());
+                }
+            } catch (GHIOException ghioe) {
+                logger.trace(ghioe);
+                if ("Stream Closed".equals(ghioe.getMessage())) {
+                    logger.warn(" " + RB.$("git.upload.asset.stream.closed"), asset.getFilename());
+                }
             }
         }
     }