diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_execute.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_execute.py
index 00034c311..f44e48035 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_execute.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_execute.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class RemoteExecute(command.Command):
 
         self.log.debug("take_action(%s)" % parsed_args)
         config = parsed_args.file_in.read()
+        parsed_args.file_in.close()
         workflow_client = self.app.client_manager.workflow_engine
         tripleoclients = self.app.client_manager.tripleoclient
         messaging_websocket = tripleoclients.messaging_websocket()
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_parameters.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_parameters.py
index 5cc03e530..60d605646 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_parameters.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_parameters.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class GenerateFencingParameters(command.Command):
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         nodes_config = utils.parse_env_file(parsed_args.instackenv)
+        parsed_args.instackenv.close()
 
         workflow_input = {
             'nodes_json': nodes_config,
@@ -115,5 +116,6 @@ class GenerateFencingParameters(command.Command):
         fencing_parameters = yaml.safe_dump(result, default_flow_style=False)
         if parsed_args.output:
             parsed_args.output.write(fencing_parameters)
+            parsed_args.output.close()
         else:
             print(fencing_parameters)