diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaReadSchemaTransformProvider.java b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaReadSchemaTransformProvider.java
index 74f9b147bbd6..c5764b39bc69 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaReadSchemaTransformProvider.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaReadSchemaTransformProvider.java
@@ -402,31 +402,24 @@ private static Object identityOrGcsToLocalFile(Object configValue) {
             LOG.info(
                 "Downloading {} into local filesystem ({})", configStr, localFile.toAbsolutePath());
             // TODO(pabloem): Only copy if file does not exist.
-            ReadableByteChannel channel =
-                FileSystems.open(FileSystems.match(configStr).metadata().get(0).resourceId());
-            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(localFile.toFile());
-
-            // Create a WritableByteChannel to write data to the FileOutputStream
-            WritableByteChannel outputChannel = Channels.newChannel(outputStream);
-
-            // Read data from the ReadableByteChannel and write it to the WritableByteChannel
-            ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
-            while (channel.read(buffer) != -1) {
-              buffer.flip();
-              outputChannel.write(buffer);
-              buffer.compact();
+            try (ReadableByteChannel channel =
+                    FileSystems.open(FileSystems.match(configStr).metadata().get(0).resourceId());
+                FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(localFile.toFile());
+                WritableByteChannel outputChannel = Channels.newChannel(outputStream)) {
+              ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
+              while (channel.read(buffer) != -1) {
+                buffer.flip();
+                outputChannel.write(buffer);
+                buffer.compact();
+              }
             }
-
-            // Close the channels and the output stream
-            channel.close();
-            outputChannel.close();
-            outputStream.close();
             return localFile.toAbsolutePath().toString();
           } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 String.format(
                     "Unable to fetch file %s to be used locally to create a Kafka Consumer.",
-                    configStr));
+                    configStr),
+                e);
           }
         } else {
           return configValue;