diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.DragonFruit/XmlDocReader.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.DragonFruit/XmlDocReader.cs
index 227b30cb8c..20f16728c5 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.DragonFruit/XmlDocReader.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.DragonFruit/XmlDocReader.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public static bool TryLoad(string filePath, out XmlDocReader xmlDocReader)
         {
             try
             {
-                return TryLoad(File.OpenText(filePath), out xmlDocReader);
+                using var fileStreamReader = File.OpenText(filePath);
+                return TryLoad(fileStreamReader, out xmlDocReader);
             }
             catch
             {