diff --git a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerMojo.java b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerMojo.java
index eedaf9c..8b06af0 100644
--- a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerMojo.java
+++ b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerMojo.java
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ private long recurseFiles(Path path) throws IOException {
                 count += recurseFiles(path.resolve(child));
             }
         } else if (path.toString().endsWith(".class")) {
-            InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path);
-            try {
+            try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
                 Collection<ViolationOccurrence> occurrences =
                         modernizer.check(is);
                 for (ViolationOccurrence occurrence : occurrences) {
@@ -421,8 +420,6 @@ private long recurseFiles(Path path) throws IOException {
                     outputEntries.add(new OutputEntry(name, occurrence));
                     ++count;
                 }
-            } finally {
-                Utils.closeQuietly(is);
             }
         }
         return count;
diff --git a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressGeneratedAnnotationDetector.java b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressGeneratedAnnotationDetector.java
index 8cca077..01acf79 100644
--- a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressGeneratedAnnotationDetector.java
+++ b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressGeneratedAnnotationDetector.java
@@ -80,12 +80,8 @@ private void detectInternal(Path path) throws IOException {
                 detectInternal(path.resolve(child));
             }
         } else if (path.toString().endsWith(".class")) {
-            InputStream inputStream = null;
-            try {
-                inputStream = Files.newInputStream(path);
+            try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
                 detectInternal(new ClassReader(inputStream));
-            } finally {
-                Utils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressModernizerAnnotationDetector.java b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressModernizerAnnotationDetector.java
index 093db1f..a1474c9 100644
--- a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressModernizerAnnotationDetector.java
+++ b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/SuppressModernizerAnnotationDetector.java
@@ -93,12 +93,8 @@ private void detectInternal(Path path) throws IOException {
                 detectInternal(path.resolve(child));
             }
         } else if (path.toString().endsWith(".class")) {
-            InputStream inputStream = null;
-            try {
-                inputStream = Files.newInputStream(path);
+            try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
                 detectInternal(new ClassReader(inputStream));
-            } finally {
-                Utils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerTest.java b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerTest.java
index 6a9b163..bc87b55 100644
--- a/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerTest.java
+++ b/modernizer-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/gaul/modernizer_maven_plugin/ModernizerTest.java
@@ -127,24 +127,18 @@ public final class ModernizerTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        InputStream is = Modernizer.class.getResourceAsStream(
-                "/modernizer.xml");
-        try {
+        try (InputStream is = Modernizer.class.getResourceAsStream(
+                "/modernizer.xml")) {
             violations = Modernizer.parseFromXml(is);
-        } finally {
-            Utils.closeQuietly(is);
         }
     }
 
     @Test
     public void readsOldJavaVersionFormat() throws Exception {
-        InputStream is = Modernizer.class.getResourceAsStream(
-            "/modernizer-old-versions.xml");
-        try {
+        try (InputStream is = Modernizer.class.getResourceAsStream(
+                "/modernizer-old-versions.xml")) {
             Map<String, Violation> old = Modernizer.parseFromXml(is);
             assertThat(old).hasSize(1);
-        } finally {
-            Utils.closeQuietly(is);
         }
     }