diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
index a133ad2e..997bdfc7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
@@ -134,14 +134,13 @@ open class EventPipeline(
             val fileUrlList = parseFilePaths(storage.read(Storage.Constants.Events))
             for (url in fileUrlList) {
                 // upload event file
-                storage.readAsStream(url)?.let { data ->
+                storage.readAsStream(url)?.use { data ->
                     var shouldCleanup = true
                     try {
                         val connection = httpClient.upload(apiHost)
                         connection.outputStream?.let {
                             // Write the payloads into the OutputStream
                             data.copyTo(connection.outputStream)
-                            data.close()
                             connection.outputStream.close()
 
                             // Upload the payloads.
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipelineTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipelineTest.kt
index b8a28578..e6e3b2b5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipelineTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipelineTest.kt
@@ -208,4 +208,30 @@ internal class EventPipelineTest {
             storage.read(Storage.Constants.Events)
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `upload closes InputStream when exception occurs`() {
+        // Create a trackable InputStream wrapper
+        var isClosed = false
+        val trackableInputStream = object : java.io.InputStream() {
+            override fun read(): Int = -1
+            override fun close() {
+                isClosed = true
+                super.close()
+            }
+        }
+        every { storage.readAsStream(any()) } returns trackableInputStream
+
+        // Mock connection.upload to throw exception
+        every { anyConstructed<HTTPClient>().upload(any()) } throws RuntimeException("Network error")
+
+        pipeline.put(event1)
+        pipeline.put(event2)
+
+        // Give some time for async processing
+        Thread.sleep(500)
+
+        // Verify that close() was called on the InputStream even when exception occurred
+        assertTrue(isClosed, "InputStream should have been closed when exception occurs")
+    }
 }
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