diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientSmartServerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientSmartServerTest.java
index 727f9bab0..4ff81c547 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientSmartServerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientSmartServerTest.java
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 		assertEquals("http", remoteURI.getScheme());
 
 		Map<String, Ref> map;
-		Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI);
+		try (Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI)) {
 		((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
-		try {
 			// I didn't make up these public interface names, I just
 			// approved them for inclusion into the code base. Sorry.
 			// --spearce
@@ -150,14 +149,9 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 			assertTrue("isa TransportHttp", t instanceof TransportHttp);
 			assertTrue("isa HttpTransport", t instanceof HttpTransport);
 
-			FetchConnection c = t.openFetch();
-			try {
+			try (FetchConnection c = t.openFetch()) {
 				map = c.getRefsMap();
-			} finally {
-				c.close();
 			}
-		} finally {
-			t.close();
 		}
 
 		assertNotNull("have map of refs", map);
@@ -201,12 +195,9 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 		Repository dst = createBareRepository();
 		assertFalse(dst.hasObject(A_txt));
 
-		Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI);
+		try (Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI)) {
 		((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
-		try {
 			t.fetch(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, mirror(master));
-		} finally {
-			t.close();
 		}
 
 		assertTrue(dst.hasObject(A_txt));
@@ -229,12 +220,9 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 		Repository dst = createBareRepository();
 		assertFalse(dst.hasObject(A_txt));
 
-		Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI);
-		((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
-		try {
+		try (Transport t = Transport.open(dst, remoteURI)) {
+			((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
 			t.fetch(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, mirror(master));
-		} finally {
-			t.close();
 		}
 
 		assertTrue(dst.hasObject(A_txt));
@@ -265,9 +253,8 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 		final RevCommit Q = src.commit().create();
 		final Repository db = src.getRepository();
 
-		Transport t = Transport.open(db, remoteURI);
-		((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
-		try {
+		try (Transport t = Transport.open(db, remoteURI)) {
+			((TransportHttp) t).setUseSmartHttp(false);
 			try {
 				t.push(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, push(src, Q));
 				fail("push incorrectly completed against a smart server");
@@ -275,8 +262,6 @@ public class DumbClientSmartServerTest extends HttpTestCase {
 				String exp = "smart HTTP push disabled";
 				assertEquals(exp, nse.getMessage());
 			}
-		} finally {
-			t.close();
 		}
 	}
 }