diff --git a/scripts/startup/bl_operators/presets.py b/scripts/startup/bl_operators/presets.py
index 15f5a656a3a..802328bb478 100644
--- a/scripts/startup/bl_operators/presets.py
+++ b/scripts/startup/bl_operators/presets.py
@@ -190,23 +190,21 @@ class AddPresetBase:
 
                             file_preset.write("{:s} = {!r}\n".format(rna_path_step, value))
 
-                    file_preset = open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8")
-                    file_preset.write("import bpy\n")
+                    with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file_preset:
+                        file_preset.write("import bpy\n")
 
-                    namespace_globals = {"bpy": bpy}
-                    namespace_locals = {}
+                        namespace_globals = {"bpy": bpy}
+                        namespace_locals = {}
 
-                    if hasattr(self, "preset_defines"):
-                        for rna_path in self.preset_defines:
-                            exec(rna_path, namespace_globals, namespace_locals)
-                            file_preset.write("{:s}\n".format(rna_path))
-                        file_preset.write("\n")
+                        if hasattr(self, "preset_defines"):
+                            for rna_path in self.preset_defines:
+                                exec(rna_path, namespace_globals, namespace_locals)
+                                file_preset.write("{:s}\n".format(rna_path))
+                            file_preset.write("\n")
 
-                    for rna_path in self.preset_values:
-                        value = eval(rna_path, namespace_globals, namespace_locals)
-                        rna_recursive_attr_expand(value, rna_path, 1)
-
-                    file_preset.close()
+                        for rna_path in self.preset_values:
+                            value = eval(rna_path, namespace_globals, namespace_locals)
+                            rna_recursive_attr_expand(value, rna_path, 1)
 
             preset_menu_class.bl_label = bpy.path.display_name(filename)
 
diff --git a/tests/python/bl_test.py b/tests/python/bl_test.py
index 9001aee28e8..3fe089c41bb 100644
--- a/tests/python/bl_test.py
+++ b/tests/python/bl_test.py
@@ -149,9 +149,8 @@ def main():
         md5_update = md5_instance.update
 
         for f in md5_source:
-            filehandle = open(f, "rb")
-            md5_update(filehandle.read())
-            filehandle.close()
+            with open(f, "rb") as fh:
+                md5_update(fh.read())
 
         md5_new = md5_instance.hexdigest()
 
diff --git a/tools/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py b/tools/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
index 1f80705abd1..5174d516757 100644
--- a/tools/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
+++ b/tools/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ import os
 def main():
     xpm_ls = [f for f in sys.argv[1:] if f.lower().endswith(".xpm")]
 
-    print("Converting: " + " ".join(xpm_ls))
+    print("Converting:", " ".join(xpm_ls))
 
     for xpm in xpm_ls:
-        f = open(xpm, "r")
-        data = f.read()
-        f.close()
+        with open(xpm, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+            data = fh.read()
 
         # all after first {
         data = data.split("{", 1)[1]
diff --git a/tools/utils_ide/project_info.py b/tools/utils_ide/project_info.py
index ae095442292..aa66ffd64b3 100755
--- a/tools/utils_ide/project_info.py
+++ b/tools/utils_ide/project_info.py
@@ -234,9 +234,8 @@ def cmake_compiler_defines() -> list[str] | None:
 
     os.system("%s -dM -E %s > %s" % (compiler, temp_c, temp_def))
 
-    temp_def_file = open(temp_def)
-    lines = [l.strip() for l in temp_def_file if l.strip()]
-    temp_def_file.close()
+    with open(temp_def) as temp_def_fh:
+        lines = [l.strip() for l in temp_def_fh if l.strip()]
 
     os.remove(temp_c)
     os.remove(temp_def)