diff --git a/src/sagemaker/serializers.py b/src/sagemaker/serializers.py
index a5cc51239c..3055fb5c18 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/serializers.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/serializers.py
@@ -381,10 +381,9 @@ def serialize(self, data):
         """
         if isinstance(data, str):
             try:
-                dataFile = open(data, "rb")
-                dataFileInfo = dataFile.read()
-                dataFile.close()
-                return dataFileInfo
+                with open(data, "rb") as data_file:
+                    data_file_info = data_file.read()
+                    return data_file_info
             except Exception as e:
                 raise ValueError(f"Could not open/read file: {data}. {e}")
         if isinstance(data, bytes):