diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Filter.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Filter.java
index aac5b4fa7..c2e6c02de 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Filter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Filter.java
@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ public class Filter extends Task {
     
     protected void readFilters() throws BuildException {
         log("Reading filters from " + filtersFile, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+        FileInputStream in = null;
         try {
             Properties props = new Properties();
-            props.load(new FileInputStream(filtersFile));
+            in = new FileInputStream(filtersFile);
+            props.load(in);
 
             Project proj = getProject();
 
@@ -120,6 +122,12 @@ public class Filter extends Task {
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new BuildException("Could not read filters from file: " + filtersFile);
+        } finally {
+            if (in != null) {
+                try {
+                    in.close();
+                } catch (java.io.IOException ioex) {}
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SendEmail.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SendEmail.java
index 3e60987d9..6a6458419 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SendEmail.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SendEmail.java
@@ -216,11 +216,18 @@ public class SendEmail extends Task {
                         int length;
                         byte[] buf = new byte[bufsize];
 
-                        BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(
-                            new FileInputStream(file), bufsize);
-
-                        while ((length = in.read(buf, 0, bufsize)) != -1) {
-                            out.write(buf, 0, length);
+                        BufferedInputStream in = null;
+                        try {
+                            in = new BufferedInputStream(
+                                new FileInputStream(file), bufsize);
+    
+                            while ((length = in.read(buf, 0, bufsize)) != -1) {
+                                out.write(buf, 0, length);
+                            }
+                        } finally {
+                            if (in != null) {
+                                in.close();
+                            }
                         }
 
                     } else {
@@ -242,4 +249,4 @@ public class SendEmail extends Task {
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}