diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/fingerprints/FileFingerprintStorage.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/fingerprints/FileFingerprintStorage.java
index 0c5203a1cc9dee28a521094af9e6c0fc3e399bee..045a40d934333d1d2d3dbaff9e60f217dd54f053 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/fingerprints/FileFingerprintStorage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/fingerprints/FileFingerprintStorage.java
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ public class FileFingerprintStorage extends FingerprintStorage {
             file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
             // JENKINS-16301: fast path for the common case.
             AtomicFileWriter afw = new AtomicFileWriter(file);
-            try {
-                PrintWriter w = new PrintWriter(afw);
+            try (PrintWriter w = new PrintWriter(afw)) {
                 w.println("<?xml version='1.1' encoding='UTF-8'?>");
                 w.println("<fingerprint>");
                 w.print("  <timestamp>");