diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GitConstructionTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GitConstructionTest.java
index 0e0b18732..8aacbb063 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GitConstructionTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GitConstructionTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RepositoryTestCase;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 				.getRepository();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+		db.close();
+		bareRepo.close();
+		super.tearDown();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWrap() {
 		Git git = Git.wrap(db);