diff --git a/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTester.java b/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTester.java
index a16660e994f..3c687d6e76d 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTester.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTester.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.test.json;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonMarshalTester<T> {
 		Assert.notNull(resource, "'resource' must not be null");
 		InputStream inputStream = resource.getInputStream();
 		T object = readObject(inputStream, getTypeNotNull());
-		closeQuietly(inputStream);
 		return new ObjectContent<>(this.type, object);
 	}
 
@@ -323,19 +321,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonMarshalTester<T> {
 		verify();
 		Assert.notNull(reader, "'reader' must not be null");
 		T object = readObject(reader, getTypeNotNull());
-		closeQuietly(reader);
 		return new ObjectContent<>(this.type, object);
 	}
 
-	private void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
-		try {
-			closeable.close();
-		}
-		catch (IOException ex) {
-			// Ignore
-		}
-	}
-
 	private void verify() {
 		Assert.state(this.resourceLoadClass != null, "Uninitialized JsonMarshalTester (ResourceLoadClass is null)");
 		Assert.state(this.type != null, "Uninitialized JsonMarshalTester (Type is null)");
diff --git a/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/GsonTester.java b/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/GsonTester.java
index ae56423670b..a3dab638bc2 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/GsonTester.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/GsonTester.java
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ public class GsonTester<T> extends AbstractJsonMarshalTester<T> {
 
 	@Override
 	protected T readObject(Reader reader, ResolvableType type) throws IOException {
-		return this.gson.fromJson(reader, type.getType());
+		try (reader) {
+			return this.gson.fromJson(reader, type.getType());
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests.java b/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests.java
index 490b2d13d2d..30ab484e78a 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/json/AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.test.json;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link AbstractJsonMarshalTester}.
@@ -55,6 +61,8 @@ abstract class AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests {
 
 	private static final String ARRAY_JSON = "[" + JSON + "]";
 
+	private static final String TRUNCATED_JSON = "{\"name\":\"Spring\",";
+
 	private static final ExampleObject OBJECT = createExampleObject("Spring", 123);
 
 	private static final ResolvableType TYPE = ResolvableType.forClass(ExampleObject.class);
@@ -145,6 +153,26 @@ abstract class AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests {
 		assertThat(tester.read(resource)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void readResourceShouldCloseInputStream() throws IOException {
+		Resource resource = mock();
+		InputStream stream = spy(new ByteArrayInputStream(JSON.getBytes()));
+		given(resource.getInputStream()).willReturn(stream);
+		AbstractJsonMarshalTester<Object> tester = createTester(TYPE);
+		assertThat(tester.read(stream)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
+		then(stream).should().close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void readResourceWhenReadFailsShouldCloseInputStream() throws IOException {
+		Resource resource = mock();
+		InputStream stream = spy(new ByteArrayInputStream(TRUNCATED_JSON.getBytes()));
+		given(resource.getInputStream()).willReturn(stream);
+		AbstractJsonMarshalTester<Object> tester = createTester(TYPE);
+		assertThatException().isThrownBy(() -> tester.read(resource));
+		then(stream).should().close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void readReaderShouldReturnObject() throws Exception {
 		Reader reader = new StringReader(JSON);
@@ -152,6 +180,22 @@ abstract class AbstractJsonMarshalTesterTests {
 		assertThat(tester.read(reader)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void readReaderShouldCloseReader() throws IOException {
+		Reader reader = spy(new StringReader(JSON));
+		AbstractJsonMarshalTester<Object> tester = createTester(TYPE);
+		assertThat(tester.read(reader)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
+		then(reader).should().close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void readReaderWhenReadFailsShouldCloseReader() throws IOException {
+		Reader reader = spy(new StringReader(TRUNCATED_JSON));
+		AbstractJsonMarshalTester<Object> tester = createTester(TYPE);
+		assertThatException().isThrownBy(() -> tester.read(reader));
+		then(reader).should().close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void parseListShouldReturnContent() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableTypes.get("listOfExampleObject");