diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodec.java b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodec.java
index ba64354d92..adb8ee7d3b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodec.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodec.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 public interface InputCodec {
     /**
@@ -31,8 +32,14 @@ public interface InputCodec {
      * @param eventConsumer The consumer which handles each event from the stream
      * @throws IOException throws IOException when invalid input is received or incorrect codec name is provided
      */
-    void parse(
+    default void parse(
             InputFile inputFile,
             DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine,
-            Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException;
+            Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(inputFile);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(eventConsumer);
+        try (InputStream inputStream = inputFile.newStream()) {
+            parse(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(inputStream), eventConsumer);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodecTest.java b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..820c25c2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/codec/InputCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec;
+
+import org.apache.parquet.io.SeekableInputStream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.io.InputFile;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class InputCodecTest {
+    private SeekableInputStream inputStream;
+    private InputFile inputFile;
+    private DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine;
+    private boolean closeCalled;
+
+    @Test
+    void testParse_success() throws Exception {
+        InputCodec objectUnderTest = new InputCodec() {
+            @Override
+            public void parse(InputStream inputStream, Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
+                
+            }
+        };
+
+        inputFile = mock(InputFile.class);
+        inputStream = mock(SeekableInputStream.class);
+        decompressionEngine = mock(DecompressionEngine.class);
+        when(inputFile.newStream()).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        closeCalled = false;
+        doAnswer(a -> {
+            closeCalled = true;
+            return null;
+        }).when(inputStream).close();
+        when(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(any(InputStream.class))).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        objectUnderTest.parse(inputFile, decompressionEngine, rec -> {});
+        assertTrue(closeCalled);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParse_exception() throws Exception {
+        InputCodec objectUnderTest = new InputCodec() {
+            @Override
+            public void parse(InputStream inputStream, Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
+                throw new RuntimeException("error");
+            }
+        };
+
+        inputFile = mock(InputFile.class);
+        inputStream = mock(SeekableInputStream.class);
+        decompressionEngine = mock(DecompressionEngine.class);
+        when(inputFile.newStream()).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        closeCalled = false;
+        doAnswer(a -> {
+            closeCalled = true;
+            return null;
+        }).when(inputStream).close();
+        when(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(any(InputStream.class))).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> objectUnderTest.parse(inputFile, decompressionEngine, rec -> {}));
+        assertTrue(closeCalled);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/avro/AvroInputCodec.java b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/avro/AvroInputCodec.java
index 636bfdc360..e37377407f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/avro/AvroInputCodec.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/avro/AvroInputCodec.java
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 import org.apache.avro.file.DataFileStream;
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.DecompressionEngine;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.InputCodec;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.io.InputFile;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.log.JacksonLog;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
@@ -47,14 +45,6 @@ public void parse(InputStream inputStream, Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer
         parseAvroStream(inputStream, eventConsumer);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void parse(final InputFile inputFile, final DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine, final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(inputFile);
-        Objects.requireNonNull(eventConsumer);
-
-        parse(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(inputFile.newStream()), eventConsumer);
-    }
-
     private void parseAvroStream(final InputStream inputStream, final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) {
 
         try {
@@ -107,4 +97,4 @@ else if(value instanceof Utf8){
         return eventData;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/csv-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/csv/CsvInputCodec.java b/data-prepper-plugins/csv-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/csv/CsvInputCodec.java
index 080e2b84d7..02176c3325 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/csv-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/csv/CsvInputCodec.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/csv-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/csv/CsvInputCodec.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.CsvSchema;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPluginConstructor;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.DecompressionEngine;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.InputCodec;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.io.InputFile;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.log.JacksonLog;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
@@ -52,11 +50,6 @@ public void parse(final InputStream inputStream, final Consumer<Record<Event>> e
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void parse(final InputFile inputFile, DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine, Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
-        parse(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(inputFile.newStream()), eventConsumer);
-    }
-
     private void parseBufferedReader(final BufferedReader reader, final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
         final CsvMapper mapper = createCsvMapper();
         final CsvSchema schema;
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/newline-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/newline/NewlineDelimitedInputCodec.java b/data-prepper-plugins/newline-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/newline/NewlineDelimitedInputCodec.java
index 973d0bae7f..12d4f3962e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/newline-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/newline/NewlineDelimitedInputCodec.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/newline-codecs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/newline/NewlineDelimitedInputCodec.java
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPluginConstructor;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.DecompressionEngine;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.InputCodec;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.io.InputFile;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.log.JacksonLog;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
@@ -48,11 +46,6 @@ public void parse(final InputStream inputStream, final Consumer<Record<Event>> e
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void parse(final InputFile inputFile, final DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine, final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
-        parse(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(inputFile.newStream()), eventConsumer);
-    }
-
     private void parseBufferedReader(final BufferedReader reader, final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
         final boolean doAddHeaderToOutgoingEvents = Objects.nonNull(headerDestination);
         boolean hasReadHeader = false;
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/parse-json-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/json/JsonInputCodec.java b/data-prepper-plugins/parse-json-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/json/JsonInputCodec.java
index 51aacb7b1e..724787879f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/parse-json-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/json/JsonInputCodec.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/parse-json-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/codec/json/JsonInputCodec.java
@@ -6,32 +6,13 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.codec.json;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.DecompressionEngine;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.InputCodec;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.io.InputFile;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.JsonDecoder;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
-
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link InputCodec} which parses JSON Objects for arrays.
  */
 @DataPrepperPlugin(name = "json", pluginType = InputCodec.class)
 public class JsonInputCodec extends JsonDecoder implements InputCodec {
 
-    @Override
-    public void parse(
-            final InputFile inputFile,
-            final DecompressionEngine decompressionEngine,
-            final Consumer<Record<Event>> eventConsumer) throws IOException {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(inputFile);
-        Objects.requireNonNull(eventConsumer);
-
-        parse(decompressionEngine.createInputStream(inputFile.newStream()), eventConsumer);
-    }
-
 }