diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bca5b12..042f4fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - [L10NSharp.Windows.Forms] Restored project-local Resources support for `FallbackLanguagesDlgBase` button images (`Move`, `Move_up`, and `Move_down`).
 - [L10NSharp.Windows.Forms] Corrected resource manager base name to `L10NSharp.Windows.Forms.Properties.Resources`.
 - [L10NSharp.Windows.Forms.Tests] Corrected resource manager base name to `L10NSharp.Windows.Forms.Tests.Properties.Resources`.
+- [L10NSharp] Fixed file handle leak in `XliffLocalizationManager.CreateOrUpdateDefaultXliffFileIfNecessary` when an exception was thrown between `File.Open` and `Close`. (#151)
 - [L10NSharp] Fixed race condition in `XLiffBody.AddTransUnitRaw` where two concurrent threads with the same translation-unit ID could both bypass the duplicate check and silently overwrite each other's entry. (#150)
 - [L10NSharp] Eliminated unnecessary cross-instance lock contention in `XLiffBody` by making `_transUnitIdLock` instance-level instead of static. (#150)
 - [L10NSharp] Fixed `FilenamesToAddToCache` yielding both the custom and installed XLIFF for the same language when `UseLanguageCodeFolders` is `true`, causing custom translations to be silently overwritten by installed ones. (#140)
diff --git a/src/L10NSharp.Tests/LocalizationManagerTestsBase.cs b/src/L10NSharp.Tests/LocalizationManagerTestsBase.cs
index 13d8bd2..a915d23 100644
--- a/src/L10NSharp.Tests/LocalizationManagerTestsBase.cs
+++ b/src/L10NSharp.Tests/LocalizationManagerTestsBase.cs
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ public void CreateOrUpdateDefaultTranslationFileIfNecessary_CopiesOverEmptyGener
 
 				// generate an empty English Translation file
 				Directory.CreateDirectory(GetGeneratedDirectory(folder));
-				var fileStream = File.Open(generatedFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);
-				fileStream.Close();
+				File.Open(generatedFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None).Dispose();
 
 				// SUT (buried down in there somewhere)
 				SetupManager(folder);
diff --git a/src/L10NSharp/XLiffUtils/XliffLocalizationManager.cs b/src/L10NSharp/XLiffUtils/XliffLocalizationManager.cs
index 361562a..59ad35d 100644
--- a/src/L10NSharp/XLiffUtils/XliffLocalizationManager.cs
+++ b/src/L10NSharp/XLiffUtils/XliffLocalizationManager.cs
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ private void CreateOrUpdateDefaultXliffFileIfNecessary(
 			}
 
 			// Before wasting a bunch of time, make sure we can open the file for writing.
-			var fileStream = File.Open(DefaultStringFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);
-			fileStream.Close();
+			File.Open(DefaultStringFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None).Dispose();
 
 			var stringCache = new XliffLocalizedStringCache(this, false);