diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 2e81c30..b479d15 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ where
     /// The response headers are stored in the provided rx_buf, which should be sized to contain at least the response headers.
     ///
     /// The response is returned.
-    pub async fn send<'buf, B: RequestBody>(
-        &'buf mut self,
+    pub async fn send<'req, 'buf, B: RequestBody>(
+        &'req mut self,
         request: Request<'conn, B>,
         rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
-    ) -> Result<Response<'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, T>>, Error> {
+    ) -> Result<Response<'req, 'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, T>>, Error> {
         request.write(self).await?;
         Response::read(self, request.method, rx_buf).await
     }
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ where
     /// The response headers are stored in the provided rx_buf, which should be sized to contain at least the response headers.
     ///
     /// The response is returned.
-    pub async fn send<'buf>(
-        &'buf mut self,
+    pub async fn send<'req, 'buf>(
+        &'req mut self,
         rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
-    ) -> Result<Response<'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, C>>, Error> {
+    ) -> Result<Response<'req, 'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, C>>, Error> {
         let request = self.request.take().ok_or(Error::AlreadySent)?.build();
         request.write(&mut self.conn).await?;
         Response::read(&mut self.conn, request.method, rx_buf).await
@@ -454,11 +454,11 @@ where
     /// The response headers are stored in the provided rx_buf, which should be sized to contain at least the response headers.
     ///
     /// The response is returned.
-    pub async fn send<'req, B: RequestBody>(
+    pub async fn send<'req, 'buf, B: RequestBody>(
         &'req mut self,
         mut request: Request<'req, B>,
-        rx_buf: &'req mut [u8],
-    ) -> Result<Response<'req, HttpConnection<'res, C>>, Error> {
+        rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
+    ) -> Result<Response<'req, 'buf, HttpConnection<'res, C>>, Error> {
         request.base_path = Some(self.base_path);
         request.write(&mut self.conn).await?;
         Response::read(&mut self.conn, request.method, rx_buf).await
@@ -486,11 +486,10 @@ where
     /// The response headers are stored in the provided rx_buf, which should be sized to contain at least the response headers.
     ///
     /// The response is returned.
-    pub async fn send<'buf>(self, rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8]) -> Result<Response<'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, C>>, Error>
-    where
-        'conn: 'req + 'buf,
-        'req: 'buf,
-    {
+    pub async fn send<'buf>(
+        self,
+        rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
+    ) -> Result<Response<'req, 'buf, HttpConnection<'conn, C>>, Error> {
         let conn = self.conn;
         let mut request = self.request.build();
         request.base_path = Some(self.base_path);
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index 62cfb83..be19719 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ impl ReadBuffer<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct BufferingReader<'buf, B>
+pub struct BufferingReader<'resp, 'buf, B>
 where
     B: Read,
 {
     buffer: ReadBuffer<'buf>,
-    stream: &'buf mut B,
+    stream: &'resp mut B,
 }
 
-impl<'buf, 'conn, B> BufferingReader<'buf, B>
+impl<'resp, 'buf, B> BufferingReader<'resp, 'buf, B>
 where
     B: Read,
 {
-    pub fn new(buffer: &'buf mut [u8], loaded: usize, stream: &'buf mut B) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(buffer: &'buf mut [u8], loaded: usize, stream: &'resp mut B) -> Self {
         Self {
             buffer: ReadBuffer::new(buffer, loaded),
             stream,
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<C> ErrorType for BufferingReader<'_, C>
+impl<C> ErrorType for BufferingReader<'_, '_, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
     type Error = ErrorKind;
 }
 
-impl<C> Read for BufferingReader<'_, C>
+impl<C> Read for BufferingReader<'_, '_, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<C> BufRead for BufferingReader<'_, HttpConnection<'_, C>>
+impl<C> BufRead for BufferingReader<'_, '_, HttpConnection<'_, C>>
 where
     C: Read + Write,
 {
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 01e0c16..f56b3f8 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 /// Type representing a parsed HTTP response.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "defmt", derive(defmt::Format))]
-pub struct Response<'resp, C>
+pub struct Response<'resp, 'buf, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ where
     pub transfer_encoding: heapless::Vec<TransferEncoding, 4>,
     /// The keep-alive parameters.
     pub keep_alive: Option<KeepAlive>,
-    header_buf: &'resp mut [u8],
+    header_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
     header_len: usize,
     raw_body_read: usize,
 }
 
-impl<'resp, C> Response<'resp, C>
+impl<'resp, 'buf, C> Response<'resp, 'buf, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
     // Read at least the headers from the connection.
-    pub async fn read(conn: &'resp mut C, method: Method, header_buf: &'resp mut [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    pub async fn read(conn: &'resp mut C, method: Method, header_buf: &'buf mut [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut header_len = 0;
         let mut pos = 0;
         while pos < header_buf.len() {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Get the response body
-    pub fn body(self) -> ResponseBody<'resp, C> {
+    pub fn body(self) -> ResponseBody<'resp, 'buf, C> {
         let reader_hint = if self.method == Method::HEAD {
             // Head requests does not have a body so we return an empty reader
             ReaderHint::Empty
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for HeaderIterator<'a> {
 /// This type contains the original header buffer provided to `read_headers`,
 /// now renamed to `body_buf`, the number of read body bytes that are available
 /// in `body_buf`, and a reader to be used for reading the remaining body.
-pub struct ResponseBody<'resp, C>
+pub struct ResponseBody<'resp, 'buf, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ where
     /// The number of raw bytes read from the body and available in the beginning of `body_buf`.
     raw_body_read: usize,
     /// The buffer initially provided to read the header.
-    pub body_buf: &'resp mut [u8],
+    pub body_buf: &'buf mut [u8],
 }
 
 enum ReaderHint {
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ enum ReaderHint {
     ToEnd, // https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230#section-3.3.3 pt. 7: Until end of connection
 }
 
-impl<'resp, C> ResponseBody<'resp, C>
+impl<'resp, 'buf, C> ResponseBody<'resp, 'buf, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
-    pub fn reader(self) -> BodyReader<BufferingReader<'resp, C>> {
+    pub fn reader(self) -> BodyReader<BufferingReader<'resp, 'buf, C>> {
         let raw_body = BufferingReader::new(self.body_buf, self.raw_body_read, self.conn);
 
         match self.reader_hint {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<'resp, C> ResponseBody<'resp, C>
+impl<'resp, 'buf, C> ResponseBody<'resp, 'buf, C>
 where
     C: Read,
 {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ where
     /// while parsing the http response header would be available for the body reader.
     /// For this case, or if the original buffer is not large enough, use
     /// [`BodyReader::read_to_end()`] instead from the reader returned by [`ResponseBody::reader()`].
-    pub async fn read_to_end(self) -> Result<&'resp mut [u8], Error> {
+    pub async fn read_to_end(self) -> Result<&'buf mut [u8], Error> {
         // We can only read responses with Content-Length header to end using the body_buf buffer,
         // as any other response would require the body reader to know the entire body.
         match self.reader_hint {
diff --git a/tests/client.rs b/tests/client.rs
index 77cf375..7447118 100644
--- a/tests/client.rs
+++ b/tests/client.rs
@@ -395,3 +395,15 @@ async fn echo(req: hyper::Request<Body>) -> Result<hyper::Response<Body>, hyper:
         _ => Ok(hyper::Response::new(req.into_body())),
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn compile_tests() {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    async fn rx_buffer_lifetime_is_propagated_to_output<'buf>(port: u16, rx_buf: &'buf mut [u8]) -> &'buf mut [u8] {
+        let mut http = HttpClient::new(&TCP, &LOOPBACK_DNS);
+        let url = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}", port);
+        let mut request = http.request(Method::GET, &url).await.unwrap();
+        let response = request.send(rx_buf).await.unwrap();
+        response.body().read_to_end().await.unwrap()
+    }
+}