diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/LFSPointerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/LFSPointerTest.java
index 2ace2e3ce..146a25ed3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/LFSPointerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/LFSPointerTest.java
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ public class LFSPointerTest {
 		final String s = "27e15b72937fc8f558da24ac3d50ec20302a4cf21e33b87ae8e4ce90e89c4b10";
 		AnyLongObjectId id = LongObjectId.fromString(s);
 		LfsPointer ptr = new LfsPointer(id, 4);
-		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		ptr.encode(baos);
-		baos.close();
-		assertEquals("version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1\noid sha256:"
-				+ s + "\nsize 4\n",
-				baos.toString(UTF_8.name()));
+		try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
+			ptr.encode(baos);
+			assertEquals(
+					"version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1\noid sha256:"
+							+ s + "\nsize 4\n",
+					baos.toString(UTF_8.name()));
+		}
 	}
 }