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 a16660e994f5..1456442b7ad6 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
@@ -297,9 +297,13 @@ public ObjectContent<T> read(Resource resource) throws IOException {
 		verify();
 		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);
+		try {
+			T object = readObject(inputStream, getTypeNotNull());
+			return new ObjectContent<>(this.type, object);
+		}
+		finally {
+			closeQuietly(inputStream);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -322,9 +326,13 @@ public T readObject(Reader reader) throws IOException {
 	public ObjectContent<T> read(Reader reader) throws IOException {
 		verify();
 		Assert.notNull(reader, "'reader' must not be null");
-		T object = readObject(reader, getTypeNotNull());
-		closeQuietly(reader);
-		return new ObjectContent<>(this.type, object);
+		try {
+			T object = readObject(reader, getTypeNotNull());
+			return new ObjectContent<>(this.type, object);
+		}
+		finally {
+			closeQuietly(reader);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
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 490b2d13d2db..092b5130c588 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 @@
 
 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 +41,13 @@
 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.atLeastOnce;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link AbstractJsonMarshalTester}.
@@ -55,6 +62,8 @@ 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 +154,16 @@ void readResourceShouldReturnObject() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(tester.read(resource)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void readResourceWhenReadFailsShouldCloseInputStream() throws IOException {
+		Resource resource = mock();
+		InputStream inputStream = spy(new ByteArrayInputStream(TRUNCATED_JSON.getBytes()));
+		given(resource.getInputStream()).willReturn(inputStream);
+		AbstractJsonMarshalTester<Object> tester = createTester(TYPE);
+		assertThatException().isThrownBy(() -> tester.read(resource));
+		then(inputStream).should(atLeastOnce()).close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void readReaderShouldReturnObject() throws Exception {
 		Reader reader = new StringReader(JSON);
@@ -152,6 +171,14 @@ void readReaderShouldReturnObject() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(tester.read(reader)).isEqualTo(OBJECT);
 	}
 
+	@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(atLeastOnce()).close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void parseListShouldReturnContent() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableTypes.get("listOfExampleObject");