diff --git a/src/NATS.Client.JetStream/Internal/NatsJSOrderedPushConsumer.cs b/src/NATS.Client.JetStream/Internal/NatsJSOrderedPushConsumer.cs
index 2880a76d1..94726c950 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Client.JetStream/Internal/NatsJSOrderedPushConsumer.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Client.JetStream/Internal/NatsJSOrderedPushConsumer.cs
@@ -178,6 +178,17 @@ public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
 
         _msgChannel.Writer.TryComplete();
 
+        // Dispose the current subscription. Both background loops have completed
+        // by now, so no new subscription can be created. Without this the sub's
+        // ConnectionOpened handler stays attached to the connection, rooting the
+        // sub for the connection's lifetime (memory leak).
+        var sub = _sub;
+        if (sub != null)
+        {
+            await sub.UnsubscribeAsync();
+            await sub.DisposeAsync();
+        }
+
         using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_cancellationToken);
         cts.CancelAfter(_opts.CleanupTimeout);
         try
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Client.ObjectStore.Tests/ObjectStoreTest.cs b/tests/NATS.Client.ObjectStore.Tests/ObjectStoreTest.cs
index 023618421..2fd5c31cf 100644
--- a/tests/NATS.Client.ObjectStore.Tests/ObjectStoreTest.cs
+++ b/tests/NATS.Client.ObjectStore.Tests/ObjectStoreTest.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using NATS.Client.Core.Tests;
@@ -663,4 +664,40 @@ public async Task Metadata_field_types_match_spec()
 #pragma warning restore IDE0007
         Assert.Equal(1U, chunks);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Get_does_not_leak_connection_opened_handlers()
+    {
+        var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        var cancellationToken = cts.Token;
+
+        await using var server = await NatsServerProcess.StartAsync();
+        await using var nats = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts { Url = server.Url });
+        var js = new NatsJSContext(nats);
+        var ob = new NatsObjContext(js);
+
+        var store = await ob.CreateObjectStoreAsync(new NatsObjConfig("b1"), cancellationToken);
+        await store.PutAsync("k1", new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+
+        // The ordered push consumer created per GetAsync registers a ConnectionOpened
+        // handler that must be removed when the consumer is disposed. If it is not, the
+        // handler (and the subscription it roots) leaks for the connection's lifetime.
+        var baseline = ConnectionOpenedHandlerCount(nats);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+        {
+            var bytes = await store.GetBytesAsync("k1", cancellationToken);
+            Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, bytes);
+        }
+
+        Assert.Equal(baseline, ConnectionOpenedHandlerCount(nats));
+    }
+
+    private static int ConnectionOpenedHandlerCount(NatsConnection nats)
+    {
+        var field = typeof(NatsConnection).GetField("ConnectionOpened", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+        Assert.NotNull(field);
+        var handler = (Delegate?)field.GetValue(nats);
+        return handler?.GetInvocationList().Length ?? 0;
+    }
 }