diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
index 559a11ecf63..4670623c8a7 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 use function clearstatcache;
 use function error_log;
-use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
 use function filemtime;
 use function gettype;
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ private function getExistingFileContentHashes(): array
                 throw new UnexpectedValueException('No cache directory defined');
             }
             if (is_readable($file_hashes_path)) {
-                $hashes_encoded = (string) file_get_contents($file_hashes_path);
+                $hashes_encoded = Providers::safeFileGetContents($file_hashes_path);
 
                 if (!$hashes_encoded) {
                     error_log('Unexpected value when loading from file content hashes');
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ProjectCacheProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ProjectCacheProvider.php
index f8c868d6f2c..6dcb295d111 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ProjectCacheProvider.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ProjectCacheProvider.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 namespace Psalm\Internal\Provider;
 
 use Psalm\Config;
+use Psalm\Internal\Provider\Providers;
 
 use function file_exists;
-use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
 use function filemtime;
 use function hash;
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public function getLastRun(string $psalm_version): int
 
             $run_cache_location = $cache_directory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . self::GOOD_RUN_NAME;
 
-            if (file_exists($run_cache_location) && file_get_contents($run_cache_location) === $psalm_version) {
+            if (file_exists($run_cache_location)
+                && Providers::safeFileGetContents($run_cache_location) === $psalm_version) {
                 $this->last_run = filemtime($run_cache_location);
             } else {
                 $this->last_run = 0;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public function hasLockfileChanged(): bool
             return true;
         }
 
-        $lockfile_contents = file_get_contents($this->composer_lock_location);
+        $lockfile_contents = Providers::safeFileGetContents($this->composer_lock_location);
 
         if (!$lockfile_contents) {
             return true;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ protected function getComposerLockHash(): string
             $lock_hash_location = $cache_directory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . self::COMPOSER_LOCK_HASH;
 
             if (file_exists($lock_hash_location)) {
-                $this->composer_lock_hash = file_get_contents($lock_hash_location) ?: '';
+                $this->composer_lock_hash = Providers::safeFileGetContents($lock_hash_location) ?: '';
             } else {
                 $this->composer_lock_hash = '';
             }