diff --git a/scripts/rtl_ltr_linter.py b/scripts/rtl_ltr_linter.py
index 70e52a798..c935bcf92 100644
--- a/scripts/rtl_ltr_linter.py
+++ b/scripts/rtl_ltr_linter.py
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ def lint_file(path, cfg):
 
     # Try to read the file content and handle potential errors
     try:
-        lines = open(path, encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()
+        with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            lines = f.read().splitlines()
     except Exception as e:
         return [f"::error file={path},line=1::Cannot read file: {e}"] # Return as a list of issues