diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/RemoteClusterStateBlobStore.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/RemoteClusterStateBlobStore.java
index 83326f65f0d43..1dd23443f1252 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/RemoteClusterStateBlobStore.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/RemoteClusterStateBlobStore.java
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ public void writeAsync(final U entity, final ActionListener<Void> listener) {
     public T read(final U entity) throws IOException {
         // TODO Add timing logs and tracing
         assert entity.getFullBlobName() != null;
-        return entity.deserialize(transferService.downloadBlob(getBlobPathForDownload(entity), entity.getBlobFileName()));
+        try (InputStream inputStream = transferService.downloadBlob(getBlobPathForDownload(entity), entity.getBlobFileName())) {
+            return entity.deserialize(inputStream);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override