diff --git a/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/publishers/SourceforgeRssPublisher.java b/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/publishers/SourceforgeRssPublisher.java
index 1ecb75367..6bd829351 100644
--- a/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/publishers/SourceforgeRssPublisher.java
+++ b/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/publishers/SourceforgeRssPublisher.java
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ public void publish() throws IOException {
      */
     private static int getPostsCount() throws IOException {
         final HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(POST_URL).openConnection();
-        final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
-                new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        final Matcher matcher = NUMBER_PATTERN.matcher(br.readLine());
+        final Matcher matcher;
+        try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
+            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+            matcher = NUMBER_PATTERN.matcher(br.readLine());
+        }
         int count = -1;
         if (matcher.find()) {
             count = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group());
diff --git a/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/templates/TemplateProcessor.java b/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/templates/TemplateProcessor.java
index 0459a01f6..e3af59acb 100644
--- a/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/templates/TemplateProcessor.java
+++ b/releasenotes-builder/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/templates/TemplateProcessor.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public static void generateWithFreemarker(Map<String, Object> variables, String
      * @return The contents of the template.
      * @throws FileNotFoundException if the supplied file can't be found.
      * @throws IllegalStateException if the resource can't be found.
+     * @noinspection IOStreamConstructor
      */
     private static String loadTemplate(String fileName, String defaultResource)
             throws FileNotFoundException {