diff --git a/spring-context-indexer/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/CandidateComponentsIndexerTests.java b/spring-context-indexer/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/CandidateComponentsIndexerTests.java
index 9b359989cdc..a8d649e3813 100644
--- a/spring-context-indexer/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/CandidateComponentsIndexerTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-indexer/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/CandidateComponentsIndexerTests.java
@@ -244,17 +244,18 @@ class CandidateComponentsIndexerTests {
 	}
 
 	private CandidateComponentsMetadata readGeneratedMetadata(File outputLocation) {
-		try {
-			File metadataFile = new File(outputLocation, MetadataStore.METADATA_PATH);
-			if (metadataFile.isFile()) {
-				return PropertiesMarshaller.read(new FileInputStream(metadataFile));
+		File metadataFile = new File(outputLocation, MetadataStore.METADATA_PATH);
+		if (metadataFile.isFile()) {
+			try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(metadataFile)) {
+				CandidateComponentsMetadata metadata = PropertiesMarshaller.read(fileInputStream);
+				return metadata;
 			}
-			else {
-				return new CandidateComponentsMetadata();
+			catch (IOException ex) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to read metadata from disk", ex);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (IOException ex) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to read metadata from disk", ex);
+		else {
+			return new CandidateComponentsMetadata();
 		}
 	}