diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
index 2a675353b..ed40d75e8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -434,12 +433,12 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
             } finally {
                 //overly verbose and not needed... but keeping it anyway due to
                 //having issue with file handles being left open
-                close(fis);
-                close(in);
-                close(zin);
-                close(tin);
-                close(gin);
-                close(bzin);
+                FileUtils.close(fis);
+                FileUtils.close(in);
+                FileUtils.close(zin);
+                FileUtils.close(tin);
+                FileUtils.close(gin);
+                FileUtils.close(bzin);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             throw new ArchiveExtractionException(ex);
         } finally {
-            close(input);
+            FileUtils.close(input);
         }
     }
 
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
             final String msg = String.format("IO Exception while parsing file '%s'.", file.getName());
             throw new AnalysisException(msg, ex);
         } finally {
-            close(fos);
+            FileUtils.close(fos);
         }
     }
 
@@ -577,23 +576,7 @@ public class ArchiveAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
             LOGGER.debug("", ex);
             throw new ArchiveExtractionException(ex);
         } finally {
-            close(out);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Close the given {@link Closeable} instance, ignoring nulls, and logging
-     * any thrown {@link IOException}.
-     *
-     * @param closeable to be closed
-     */
-    private static void close(Closeable closeable) {
-        if (null != closeable) {
-            try {
-                closeable.close();
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                LOGGER.trace("", ex);
-            }
+            FileUtils.close(out);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
index f7da35e7d..353f8dade 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -437,42 +436,12 @@ public class JarAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
             LOGGER.warn("An error occurred reading '{}' from '{}'.", path, jar.getName());
             LOGGER.error("", ex);
         } finally {
-            closeStream(fos);
-            closeStream(input);
+            FileUtils.close(fos);
+            FileUtils.close(input);
         }
         return file;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Silently closes an input stream ignoring errors.
-     *
-     * @param stream an input stream to close
-     */
-    private void closeStream(InputStream stream) {
-        if (stream != null) {
-            try {
-                stream.close();
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                LOGGER.trace("", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Silently closes an output stream ignoring errors.
-     *
-     * @param stream an output stream to close
-     */
-    private void closeStream(OutputStream stream) {
-        if (stream != null) {
-            try {
-                stream.close();
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                LOGGER.trace("", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets evidence from the pom on the supplied dependency.
      *
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/ExtractionUtil.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/ExtractionUtil.java
index e4b56ae20..5ed10f2f9 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/ExtractionUtil.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/ExtractionUtil.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public final class ExtractionUtil {
                             final String msg = String.format("IO Exception while parsing file '%s'.", file.getName());
                             throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
                         } finally {
-                            closeStream(fos);
+                            FileUtils.close(fos);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public final class ExtractionUtil {
             LOGGER.debug("", ex);
             throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
         } finally {
-            closeStream(zis);
+            FileUtils.close(zis);
         }
     }
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public final class ExtractionUtil {
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             throw new ArchiveExtractionException(ex);
         } finally {
-            closeStream(input);
+            FileUtils.close(input);
         }
     }
 
@@ -233,22 +233,7 @@ public final class ExtractionUtil {
                                 file.getName());
                 throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
             } finally {
-                closeStream(fos);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Closes the stream.
-     *
-     * @param stream the stream to close
-     */
-    private static void closeStream(Closeable stream) {
-        if (stream != null) {
-            try {
-                stream.close();
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                LOGGER.trace("", ex);
+                FileUtils.close(fos);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
index e0c62e4e1..1ba099aca 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -131,4 +132,20 @@ public final class FileUtils {
             return BIT_BUCKET_UNIX;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Close the given {@link Closeable} instance, ignoring nulls, and logging
+     * any thrown {@link IOException}.
+     *
+     * @param closeable to be closed
+     */
+    public static void close(Closeable closeable) {
+        if (null != closeable) {
+            try {
+                closeable.close();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                LOGGER.trace("", ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }