diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index b157dc37c..84b742fcb 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grpc/grpc-js",
-  "version": "1.14.2",
+  "version": "1.14.3",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node - pure JS implementation",
   "homepage": "https://grpc.io/",
   "repository": "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/tree/master/packages/grpc-js",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/retrying-call.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/retrying-call.ts
index 1d49ad337..61ff58fa1 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/retrying-call.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/retrying-call.ts
@@ -760,11 +760,10 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
     this.maybeStartHedgingTimer();
   }
 
-  private handleChildWriteCompleted(childIndex: number) {
-    const childCall = this.underlyingCalls[childIndex];
-    const messageIndex = childCall.nextMessageToSend;
+  private handleChildWriteCompleted(childIndex: number, messageIndex: number) {
     this.getBufferEntry(messageIndex).callback?.();
     this.clearSentMessages();
+    const childCall = this.underlyingCalls[childIndex];
     childCall.nextMessageToSend += 1;
     this.sendNextChildMessage(childIndex);
   }
@@ -774,19 +773,33 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
     if (childCall.state === 'COMPLETED') {
       return;
     }
-    if (this.getBufferEntry(childCall.nextMessageToSend)) {
-      const bufferEntry = this.getBufferEntry(childCall.nextMessageToSend);
+    const messageIndex = childCall.nextMessageToSend;
+    if (this.getBufferEntry(messageIndex)) {
+      const bufferEntry = this.getBufferEntry(messageIndex);
       switch (bufferEntry.entryType) {
         case 'MESSAGE':
           childCall.call.sendMessageWithContext(
             {
               callback: error => {
                 // Ignore error
-                this.handleChildWriteCompleted(childIndex);
+                this.handleChildWriteCompleted(childIndex, messageIndex);
               },
             },
             bufferEntry.message!.message
           );
+          // Optimization: if the next entry is HALF_CLOSE, send it immediately
+          // without waiting for the message callback. This is safe because the message
+          // has already been passed to the underlying transport.
+          const nextEntry = this.getBufferEntry(messageIndex + 1);
+          if (nextEntry.entryType === 'HALF_CLOSE') {
+            this.trace(
+              'Sending halfClose immediately after message to child [' +
+                childCall.call.getCallNumber() +
+                '] - optimizing for unary/final message'
+            );
+            childCall.nextMessageToSend += 1;
+            childCall.call.halfClose();
+          }
           break;
         case 'HALF_CLOSE':
           childCall.nextMessageToSend += 1;
@@ -813,7 +826,11 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
     };
     this.writeBuffer.push(bufferEntry);
     if (bufferEntry.allocated) {
-      context.callback?.();
+      // Run this in next tick to avoid suspending the current execution context
+      // otherwise it might cause half closing the call before sending message
+      process.nextTick(() => {
+        context.callback?.();
+      });
       for (const [callIndex, call] of this.underlyingCalls.entries()) {
         if (
           call.state === 'ACTIVE' &&
@@ -823,7 +840,7 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
             {
               callback: error => {
                 // Ignore error
-                this.handleChildWriteCompleted(callIndex);
+                this.handleChildWriteCompleted(callIndex, messageIndex);
               },
             },
             message
@@ -843,7 +860,7 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
           {
             callback: error => {
               // Ignore error
-              this.handleChildWriteCompleted(this.committedCallIndex!);
+              this.handleChildWriteCompleted(this.committedCallIndex!, messageIndex);
             },
           },
           message
@@ -868,12 +885,21 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
       allocated: false,
     });
     for (const call of this.underlyingCalls) {
-      if (
-        call?.state === 'ACTIVE' &&
-        call.nextMessageToSend === halfCloseIndex
-      ) {
-        call.nextMessageToSend += 1;
-        call.call.halfClose();
+      if (call?.state === 'ACTIVE') {
+        // Send halfClose to call when either:
+        // - nextMessageToSend === halfCloseIndex - 1: last message sent, callback pending (optimization)
+        // - nextMessageToSend === halfCloseIndex: all messages sent and acknowledged
+        if (call.nextMessageToSend === halfCloseIndex 
+          || call.nextMessageToSend === halfCloseIndex - 1) {
+          this.trace(
+            'Sending halfClose immediately to child [' +
+              call.call.getCallNumber() +
+              '] - all messages already sent'
+          );
+          call.nextMessageToSend += 1;
+          call.call.halfClose();
+        }
+        // Otherwise, halfClose will be sent by sendNextChildMessage when message callbacks complete
       }
     }
   }
@@ -895,4 +921,4 @@ export class RetryingCall implements Call, DeadlineInfoProvider {
       return null;
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-end-to-end.ts b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-end-to-end.ts
index c7de2d6a6..676b4cff0 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-end-to-end.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-end-to-end.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { loadProtoFile } from './common';
-import { Metadata, Server, ServerDuplexStream, ServerUnaryCall, ServiceClientConstructor, ServiceError, experimental, sendUnaryData } from '../src';
+import { Metadata, Server, ServerCredentials, ServerDuplexStream, ServerReadableStream, ServerUnaryCall, ServiceClientConstructor, ServiceError, credentials, experimental, sendUnaryData } from '../src';
 import { ServiceClient } from '../src/make-client';
 
 const protoFile = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'echo_service.proto');
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ const echoServiceImplementation = {
       call.end();
     });
   },
+  echoClientStream(call: ServerReadableStream<any, any>, callback: sendUnaryData<any>) {
+    const messages: any[] = [];
+    call.on('data', (message: any) => {
+      messages.push(message);
+    });
+    call.on('end', () => {
+      callback(null, { value: messages.map(m => m.value).join(','), value2: messages.length });
+    });
+  },
 };
 
 describe('Client should successfully communicate with server', () => {
@@ -77,4 +86,20 @@ describe('Client should successfully communicate with server', () => {
       });
     });
   }).timeout(5000);
+
+  it('Client streaming with one message should work', done => {
+    server = new Server();
+    server.addService(EchoService.service, echoServiceImplementation);
+    server.bindAsync('localhost:0', ServerCredentials.createInsecure(), (error, port) => {
+      assert.ifError(error);
+      client = new EchoService(`localhost:${port}`, credentials.createInsecure());
+      const call = client.echoClientStream((error: ServiceError, response: any) => {
+        assert.ifError(error);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(response, { value: 'test value', value2: 1 });
+        done();
+      });
+      call.write({ value: 'test value', value2: 42 });
+      call.end();
+    });
+  });
 });