Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCARepositoryManager.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCARepositoryManager.java	(revision 656117)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCARepositoryManager.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -160,7 +161,17 @@
 
                     InputStream configInputStream = cl.getResourceAsStream(
                         configFile.substring(CLASSPATH_CONFIG_PREFIX.length()));
-                    config = RepositoryConfig.create(configInputStream, homeDir);
+                    try {
+                        config = RepositoryConfig.create(configInputStream, homeDir);
+                    } finally {
+                        if (configInputStream != null) {
+                            try {
+                                configInputStream.close();
+                            } catch (IOException e) {
+                                // ignore
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 } else {
                     config = RepositoryConfig.create(configFile, homeDir);
                 }