diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReflogTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReflogTest.java
index ce808326b..7330ee97b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReflogTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReflogTest.java
@@ -57,24 +57,27 @@ public class ReflogTest extends CLIRepositoryTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testSingleCommit() throws Exception {
-		new Git(db).commit().setMessage("initial commit").call();
+		try (Git git = new Git(db)) {
+			git.commit().setMessage("initial commit").call();
 
-		assertEquals("6fd41be HEAD@{0}: commit (initial): initial commit",
-				execute("git reflog")[0]);
+			assertEquals("6fd41be HEAD@{0}: commit (initial): initial commit",
+					execute("git reflog")[0]);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testBranch() throws Exception {
-		Git git = new Git(db);
-		git.commit().setMessage("first commit").call();
-		git.checkout().setCreateBranch(true).setName("side").call();
-		writeTrashFile("file", "side content");
-		git.add().addFilepattern("file").call();
-		git.commit().setMessage("side commit").call();
+		try (Git git = new Git(db)) {
+			git.commit().setMessage("first commit").call();
+			git.checkout().setCreateBranch(true).setName("side").call();
+			writeTrashFile("file", "side content");
+			git.add().addFilepattern("file").call();
+			git.commit().setMessage("side commit").call();
 
-		assertArrayEquals(new String[] {
-				"38890c7 side@{0}: commit: side commit",
-				"d216986 side@{1}: branch: Created from commit first commit",
-				"" }, execute("git reflog refs/heads/side"));
+			assertArrayEquals(new String[] {
+					"38890c7 side@{0}: commit: side commit",
+					"d216986 side@{1}: branch: Created from commit first commit",
+					"" }, execute("git reflog refs/heads/side"));
+		}
 	}
 }
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