diff --git a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/ChatCompletion/Onnx_ChatCompletionStreaming.cs b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/ChatCompletion/Onnx_ChatCompletionStreaming.cs
index d6ad1f05e7f2..d07c6e3240d1 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/ChatCompletion/Onnx_ChatCompletionStreaming.cs
+++ b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/ChatCompletion/Onnx_ChatCompletionStreaming.cs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public async Task StreamTextFromChatAsync()
         }
     }
 
-    private async Task StartStreamingChatAsync(IChatCompletionService chatCompletionService)
+    private async Task StartStreamingChatAsync(OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService chatCompletionService)
     {
         Console.WriteLine("Chat content:");
         Console.WriteLine("------------------------");
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ private async Task StartStreamingChatAsync(IChatCompletionService chatCompletion
         await StreamMessageOutputAsync(chatCompletionService, chatHistory, AuthorRole.Assistant);
     }
 
-    private async Task StreamMessageOutputAsync(IChatCompletionService chatCompletionService, ChatHistory chatHistory, AuthorRole authorRole)
+    private async Task StreamMessageOutputAsync(OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService chatCompletionService, ChatHistory chatHistory, AuthorRole authorRole)
     {
         bool roleWritten = false;
         string fullMessage = string.Empty;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService.cs
index 8a6210253729..2e9e16212a0b 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
@@ -18,13 +17,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Onnx;
 /// <summary>
 /// Represents a chat completion service using OnnxRuntimeGenAI.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService : IChatCompletionService, IDisposable
+public sealed class OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionService : IChatCompletionService
 {
     private readonly string _modelId;
     private readonly string _modelPath;
     private readonly JsonSerializerOptions? _jsonSerializerOptions;
-    private Model? _model;
-    private Tokenizer? _tokenizer;
 
     private Dictionary<string, object?> AttributesInternal { get; } = new();
 
@@ -90,13 +87,17 @@ private async IAsyncEnumerable<string> RunInferenceAsync(ChatHistory chatHistory
         OnnxRuntimeGenAIPromptExecutionSettings onnxPromptExecutionSettings = this.GetOnnxPromptExecutionSettingsSettings(executionSettings);
 
         var prompt = this.GetPrompt(chatHistory, onnxPromptExecutionSettings);
-        var tokens = this.GetTokenizer().Encode(prompt);
 
-        using var generatorParams = new GeneratorParams(this.GetModel());
+        using var ogaHandle = new OgaHandle();
+        using var model = new Model(this._modelPath);
+        using var tokenizer = new Tokenizer(model);
+
+        var tokens = tokenizer.Encode(prompt);
+
+        using var generatorParams = new GeneratorParams(model);
         this.UpdateGeneratorParamsFromPromptExecutionSettings(generatorParams, onnxPromptExecutionSettings);
         generatorParams.SetInputSequences(tokens);
-
-        using var generator = new Generator(this.GetModel(), generatorParams);
+        using var generator = new Generator(model, generatorParams);
 
         bool removeNextTokenStartingWithSpace = true;
         while (!generator.IsDone())
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ private async IAsyncEnumerable<string> RunInferenceAsync(ChatHistory chatHistory
 
                 var outputTokens = generator.GetSequence(0);
                 var newToken = outputTokens.Slice(outputTokens.Length - 1, 1);
-                string output = this.GetTokenizer().Decode(newToken);
+                string output = tokenizer.Decode(newToken);
 
                 if (removeNextTokenStartingWithSpace && output[0] == ' ')
                 {
@@ -123,10 +124,6 @@ private async IAsyncEnumerable<string> RunInferenceAsync(ChatHistory chatHistory
         }
     }
 
-    private Model GetModel() => this._model ??= new Model(this._modelPath);
-
-    private Tokenizer GetTokenizer() => this._tokenizer ??= new Tokenizer(this.GetModel());
-
     private string GetPrompt(ChatHistory chatHistory, OnnxRuntimeGenAIPromptExecutionSettings onnxRuntimeGenAIPromptExecutionSettings)
     {
         var promptBuilder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -206,11 +203,4 @@ private OnnxRuntimeGenAIPromptExecutionSettings GetOnnxPromptExecutionSettingsSe
 
         return OnnxRuntimeGenAIPromptExecutionSettings.FromExecutionSettings(executionSettings);
     }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void Dispose()
-    {
-        this._tokenizer?.Dispose();
-        this._model?.Dispose();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
index c6359e3b17a5..c042f633d495 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/Onnx/OnnxRuntimeGenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public async Task ItCanUseKernelInvokeStreamingAsyncAsync()
     [Fact(Skip = "For manual verification only")]
     public async Task ItCanUseServiceGetStreamingChatMessageContentsAsync()
     {
-        using var chat = CreateService();
+        var chat = CreateService();
 
         ChatHistory history = [];
         history.AddUserMessage("Where is the most famous fish market in Seattle, Washington, USA?");
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public async Task ItCanUseServiceGetStreamingChatMessageContentsAsync()
     [Fact(Skip = "For manual verification only")]
     public async Task ItCanUseServiceGetChatMessageContentsAsync()
     {
-        using var chat = CreateService();
+        var chat = CreateService();
 
         ChatHistory history = [];
         history.AddUserMessage("Where is the most famous fish market in Seattle, Washington, USA?");