diff --git a/tools/find_deprecated.py b/tools/find_deprecated.py
index 48b8efe6d3a9..5c2d43dc95c1 100755
--- a/tools/find_deprecated.py
+++ b/tools/find_deprecated.py
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ def group_by(self, attribute_idx: str) -> None:
     @staticmethod
     def find_deprecations(file_name: Path) -> list[Deprecation]:
         """Runs the deprecation finder on file_name"""
-        with open(file_name, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
-            code = fp.read()
+        code = Path(file_name).read_text()
         mod = ast.parse(code, file_name)
         decorator_visitor = DecoratorVisitor(file_name)
         decorator_visitor.visit(mod)