diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
index 139b64f7c..01a857a2b 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
@@ -639,13 +639,14 @@ def transcription_handler(request, file_path, metadata, user=None):
                 if user and ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS:
                     headers = include_user_info_headers(headers, user)
 
-                r = requests.post(
-                    url=f"{request.app.state.config.STT_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL}/audio/transcriptions",
-                    headers=headers,
-                    files={"file": (filename, open(file_path, "rb"))},
-                    data=payload,
-                    timeout=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
-                )
+                with open(file_path, "rb") as audio_file:
+                    r = requests.post(
+                        url=f"{request.app.state.config.STT_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL}/audio/transcriptions",
+                        headers=headers,
+                        files={"file": (filename, audio_file)},
+                        data=payload,
+                        timeout=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
+                    )
 
                 if r.status_code == 200:
                     # Successful transcription
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py
index 20fcd75ee..ebedd3027 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/pipelines.py
@@ -228,22 +228,23 @@ async def upload_pipeline(
         headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"}
 
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True) as session:
-            form_data = aiohttp.FormData()
-            form_data.add_field(
-                "file",
-                open(file_path, "rb"),
-                filename=filename,
-                content_type="application/octet-stream",
-            )
+            with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
+                form_data = aiohttp.FormData()
+                form_data.add_field(
+                    "file",
+                    f,
+                    filename=filename,
+                    content_type="application/octet-stream",
+                )
 
-            async with session.post(
-                f"{url}/pipelines/upload",
-                headers=headers,
-                data=form_data,
-                ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
-            ) as response:
-                response.raise_for_status()
-                data = await response.json()
+                async with session.post(
+                    f"{url}/pipelines/upload",
+                    headers=headers,
+                    data=form_data,
+                    ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
+                ) as response:
+                    response.raise_for_status()
+                    data = await response.json()
 
         return {**data}
     except Exception as e: