diff --git a/ginkgo/generators/generate_command.go b/ginkgo/generators/generate_command.go
index be01dec97..4385a61ec 100644
--- a/ginkgo/generators/generate_command.go
+++ b/ginkgo/generators/generate_command.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func moduleName(modRoot string) string {
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
+	defer modFile.Close()
 
 	mod := make([]byte, 128)
 	_, err = modFile.Read(mod)
diff --git a/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go b/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
index 5f35864dd..8e16d2bb0 100644
--- a/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
+++ b/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func MergeAndCleanupCoverProfiles(profiles []string, destination string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer dst.Close()
 	err = DumpCoverProfiles(merged, dst)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ func MergeProfiles(profilePaths []string, destination string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Could not open profile: %s\n%s", profilePath, err.Error())
 		}
 		prof, err := profile.Parse(proFile)
+		_ = proFile.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Could not parse profile: %s\n%s", profilePath, err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/reporters/junit_report.go b/reporters/junit_report.go
index 43244a9bd..2a3215b51 100644
--- a/reporters/junit_report.go
+++ b/reporters/junit_report.go
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ func MergeAndCleanupJUnitReports(sources []string, dst string) ([]string, error)
 			continue
 		}
 		err = xml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&report)
+		_ = f.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("Could not decode %s:\n%s", source, err.Error()))
 			continue