diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index bd073003772..46861a0a0a1 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.genai.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.42.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <name>google-genai-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- {x-version-update-start:google-genai:current} -->
-    <google-genai.version>1.42.0-SNAPSHOT</google-genai.version>
+    <google-genai.version>1.41.0</google-genai.version>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
   </properties>
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc255c8ed7f..67d1776e3c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
   <name>google-genai</name>
-  <version>1.42.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
     Java idiomatic SDK for the Gemini Developer APIs and Vertex AI APIs.
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
       <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- kotlin std lib (needed for okhttp3)-->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
index 3e2b11fc0e7..888180b70fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 /** Interface for an API client which issues HTTP requests to the GenAI APIs. */
 @InternalApi
-public abstract class ApiClient implements AutoCloseable {
+public abstract class ApiClient {
 
   // {x-version-update-start:google-genai:released}
   private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.40.0";
@@ -726,17 +726,4 @@ public static void setDefaultBaseUrls(
     ApiClient.geminiBaseUrl = geminiBaseUrl;
     ApiClient.vertexBaseUrl = vertexBaseUrl;
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public void close() {
-    try {
-      httpClient().dispatcher().executorService().shutdown();
-      httpClient().connectionPool().evictAll();
-      if (httpClient().cache() != null) {
-        httpClient().cache().close();
-      }
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new GenAiIOException("Failed to close the client.", e);
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/Client.java b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/Client.java
index 99e5f67d606..0bc250b550b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/Client.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
+import com.google.genai.errors.GenAiIOException;
 import com.google.genai.types.ClientOptions;
 import com.google.genai.types.HttpOptions;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 /** Client class for GenAI. This class is thread-safe. */
@@ -328,7 +330,15 @@ Optional<String> baseUrl() {
   /** Closes the Client instance together with its instantiated http client. */
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    apiClient.close();
+    try {
+      apiClient.httpClient().dispatcher().executorService().shutdown();
+      apiClient.httpClient().connectionPool().evictAll();
+      if (apiClient.httpClient().cache() != null) {
+        apiClient.httpClient().cache().close();
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new GenAiIOException("Failed to close the client.", e);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/genai/ClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/genai/ClientTest.java
index b84e8026314..ee48cb33793 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/genai/ClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/genai/ClientTest.java
@@ -188,4 +188,24 @@ public void testSetDefaultBaseUrls() {
     // Reset the base URLs after the test.
     Client.setDefaultBaseUrls(Optional.empty(), Optional.empty());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCloseClient() throws Exception {
+    // Arrange
+    ApiClient apiClient = mock(ApiClient.class);
+    OkHttpClient httpClient = new OkHttpClient();
+    when(apiClient.httpClient()).thenReturn(httpClient);
+
+    Client client = Client.builder().apiKey(API_KEY).vertexAI(false).build();
+    Field apiClientField = Client.class.getDeclaredField("apiClient");
+    apiClientField.setAccessible(true);
+    apiClientField.set(client, apiClient);
+
+    // Act
+    client.close();
+
+    // Assert
+    assertTrue(httpClient.dispatcher().executorService().isShutdown());
+    assertEquals(0, httpClient.connectionPool().connectionCount());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/genai/HttpApiClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/genai/HttpApiClientTest.java
index 63616accb9a..68a7020e00f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/genai/HttpApiClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/genai/HttpApiClientTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-
 import okhttp3.Call;
 import okhttp3.Callback;
 import okhttp3.Dispatcher;
@@ -1482,21 +1483,4 @@ public void testNoDefaultLocationWhenUsingApiKeyOnlyMode(
     assertNull(client.location());
     assertTrue(client.vertexAI());
   }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testCloseClient() {
-    HttpApiClient client =
-            new HttpApiClient(
-                    Optional.empty(),
-                    Optional.of(PROJECT),
-                    Optional.of(LOCATION),
-                    Optional.of(CREDENTIALS),
-                    Optional.empty(),
-                    Optional.empty());
-
-    client.close();
-
-    assertTrue(client.httpClient().dispatcher().executorService().isShutdown());
-    assertEquals(0, client.httpClient().connectionPool().connectionCount());
-  }
 }
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index fa2120c49f6..060b16024f6 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-genai:1.41.0:1.42.0-SNAPSHOT
+google-genai:1.41.0:1.41.0