diff --git a/spec/asynciterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts b/spec/asynciterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
index c9aa3caa..c250c424 100644
--- a/spec/asynciterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/asynciterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
 import '../asynciterablehelpers.js';
-import { of, range, sequenceEqual, single, throwError } from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
+import {
+  first,
+  from,
+  of,
+  range,
+  sequenceEqual,
+  single,
+  throwError,
+} from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
 import { catchError } from 'ix/asynciterable/operators/index.js';
 
 test('AsyncIterable#catchError error catches', async () => {
@@ -26,3 +35,14 @@ test('AsyncIterable#catchError source and handler types are composed', async ()
   const res = xs.pipe(catchError(async (_: Error) => of('foo')));
   await expect(sequenceEqual(res, xs)).resolves.toBeTruthy();
 });
+
+test('AsyncIterable#catchError calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', async () => {
+  const xs = range(0, 10)[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs, 'return');
+
+  const res = from(xs).pipe(catchError((_: Error) => from([])));
+
+  await first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/spec/asynciterable-operators/skip-spec.ts b/spec/asynciterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
index 1423f5ee..1a97f99c 100644
--- a/spec/asynciterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/asynciterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
 import { hasNext, noNext } from '../asynciterablehelpers.js';
-import { of, throwError } from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
+import { as, first, of, range, throwError } from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
 import { skip } from 'ix/asynciterable/operators/index.js';
 
 test('AsyncIterable#skip skips some', async () => {
@@ -40,3 +41,14 @@ test('AsyncIterable#skip throws', async () => {
   const it = ys[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
   await expect(it.next()).rejects.toThrow(err);
 });
+
+test('Iterable#skip calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', async () => {
+  const xs = range(0, 10)[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs, 'return');
+
+  const res = as(xs).pipe(skip(2));
+
+  await first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/spec/asynciterable/catcherror-spec.ts b/spec/asynciterable/catcherror-spec.ts
index 3e4dbd09..44907dbb 100644
--- a/spec/asynciterable/catcherror-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/asynciterable/catcherror-spec.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
+import { skip } from 'ix/asynciterable/operators.js';
 import { hasNext } from '../asynciterablehelpers.js';
-import { catchError, concat, range, sequenceEqual, throwError } from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
-
-test('AsyncIterable#catch with no errors', async () => {
+import {
+  catchError,
+  concat,
+  first,
+  from,
+  range,
+  sequenceEqual,
+  throwError,
+} from 'ix/asynciterable/index.js';
+
+test('AsyncIterable#catchError with no errors', async () => {
   const res = catchError(range(0, 5), range(5, 5));
   expect(await sequenceEqual(res, range(0, 5))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
-test('AsyncIterable#catch with concat error', async () => {
+test('AsyncIterable#catchError with concat error', async () => {
   const res = catchError(concat(range(0, 5), throwError(new Error())), range(5, 5));
 
   expect(await sequenceEqual(res, range(0, 10))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
-test('AsyncIterable#catch still throws', async () => {
+test('AsyncIterable#catchError still throws', async () => {
   const e1 = new Error();
   const er1 = throwError(e1);
 
@@ -31,3 +40,15 @@ test('AsyncIterable#catch still throws', async () => {
   await hasNext(it, 3);
   await expect(it.next()).rejects.toThrow();
 });
+
+test('AsyncIterable#catchError calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', async () => {
+  const xs1 = range(0, 2);
+  const xs2 = range(2, 2)[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs2, 'return');
+
+  const res = catchError(xs1, from(xs2)).pipe(skip(2));
+
+  await first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/spec/iterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts b/spec/iterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
index 8dd8220d..85c1a0a2 100644
--- a/spec/iterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/iterable-operators/catcherror-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
 import '../iterablehelpers';
-import { of, range, sequenceEqual, single, throwError } from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
+import { first, from, of, range, sequenceEqual, single, throwError } from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
 import { catchError } from 'ix/iterable/operators/index.js';
 
 test('Iterable#catchError error catches', () => {
@@ -26,3 +27,14 @@ test('Iterable#catchError source and handler types are composed', () => {
   const res = xs.pipe(catchError((_: Error) => of('foo')));
   expect(sequenceEqual(res, xs)).toBeTruthy();
 });
+
+test('Iterable#catchError calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', () => {
+  const xs = range(0, 10)[Symbol.iterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs, 'return');
+
+  const res = from(xs).pipe(catchError((_: Error) => from([])));
+
+  first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/spec/iterable-operators/skip-spec.ts b/spec/iterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
index cbd9593e..9411dc41 100644
--- a/spec/iterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/iterable-operators/skip-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
 import { hasNext, noNext } from '../iterablehelpers.js';
-import { as, throwError } from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
+import { as, first, range, throwError } from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
 import { skip } from 'ix/iterable/operators/index.js';
 
 test('Iterable#skip skips some', () => {
@@ -39,3 +40,14 @@ test('Iterable#skip throws', () => {
   const it = ys[Symbol.iterator]();
   expect(() => it.next()).toThrow();
 });
+
+test('Iterable#skip calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', () => {
+  const xs = range(0, 10)[Symbol.iterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs, 'return');
+
+  const res = as(xs).pipe(skip(2));
+
+  first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/spec/iterable/catcherror-spec.ts b/spec/iterable/catcherror-spec.ts
index bd675516..245c8efb 100644
--- a/spec/iterable/catcherror-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/iterable/catcherror-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import { skip } from 'ix/iterable/operators.js';
 import { hasNext } from '../iterablehelpers.js';
-import { catchError, concat, range, sequenceEqual, throwError } from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
+import {
+  from,
+  catchError,
+  concat,
+  range,
+  sequenceEqual,
+  throwError,
+  first,
+} from 'ix/iterable/index.js';
 
 test('Iterable.catchError with no errors', () => {
   const res = catchError(range(0, 5), range(5, 5));
@@ -31,3 +41,15 @@ test('Iterable.catchError still throws', () => {
   hasNext(it, 3);
   expect(() => it.next()).toThrow();
 });
+
+test('Iterable.catchError calls return() on source iterator when stopped early', () => {
+  const xs1 = range(0, 2);
+  const xs2 = range(2, 2)[Symbol.iterator]();
+  const returnSpy = jest.spyOn(xs2, 'return');
+
+  const res = catchError(xs1, from(xs2)).pipe(skip(2));
+
+  first(res);
+
+  expect(returnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/src/asynciterable/operators/skip.ts b/src/asynciterable/operators/skip.ts
index ac4f6943..2a8eace3 100644
--- a/src/asynciterable/operators/skip.ts
+++ b/src/asynciterable/operators/skip.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { AsyncIterableX } from '../asynciterablex.js';
 import { MonoTypeOperatorAsyncFunction } from '../../interfaces.js';
 import { wrapWithAbort } from './withabort.js';
 import { throwIfAborted } from '../../aborterror.js';
+import { returnAsyncIterator } from 'ix/util/returniterator.js';
 
 /** @ignore */
 export class SkipAsyncIterable<TSource> extends AsyncIterableX<TSource> {
@@ -20,13 +21,18 @@ export class SkipAsyncIterable<TSource> extends AsyncIterableX<TSource> {
     const it = source[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
     let count = this._count;
     let next;
-    while (count > 0 && !(next = await it.next()).done) {
-      count--;
-    }
-    if (count <= 0) {
-      while (!(next = await it.next()).done) {
-        yield next.value;
+
+    try {
+      while (count > 0 && !(next = await it.next()).done) {
+        count--;
+      }
+      if (count <= 0) {
+        while (!(next = await it.next()).done) {
+          yield next.value;
+        }
       }
+    } finally {
+      returnAsyncIterator(it);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/iterable/operators/skip.ts b/src/iterable/operators/skip.ts
index 44b9d585..d68c12b0 100644
--- a/src/iterable/operators/skip.ts
+++ b/src/iterable/operators/skip.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { IterableX } from '../iterablex.js';
 import { MonoTypeOperatorFunction } from '../../interfaces.js';
+import { returnIterator } from 'ix/util/returniterator.js';
 
 /** @ignore */
 export class SkipIterable<TSource> extends IterableX<TSource> {
@@ -16,13 +17,18 @@ export class SkipIterable<TSource> extends IterableX<TSource> {
     const it = this._source[Symbol.iterator]();
     let count = this._count;
     let next;
-    while (count > 0 && !(next = it.next()).done) {
-      count--;
-    }
-    if (count <= 0) {
-      while (!(next = it.next()).done) {
-        yield next.value;
+
+    try {
+      while (count > 0 && !(next = it.next()).done) {
+        count--;
+      }
+      if (count <= 0) {
+        while (!(next = it.next()).done) {
+          yield next.value;
+        }
       }
+    } finally {
+      returnIterator(it);
     }
   }
 }