diff --git a/plugins/nexus-repository-pypi/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/repository/pypi/internal/PyPiHostedFacetImpl.java b/plugins/nexus-repository-pypi/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/repository/pypi/internal/PyPiHostedFacetImpl.java
index 6b49d6387..e79c967ef 100644
--- a/plugins/nexus-repository-pypi/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/repository/pypi/internal/PyPiHostedFacetImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/nexus-repository-pypi/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/repository/pypi/internal/PyPiHostedFacetImpl.java
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ public class PyPiHostedFacetImpl
     savedIndex.formatAttributes().set(P_ASSET_KIND, AssetKind.INDEX.name());
 
     StorageFacet storageFacet = getRepository().facet(StorageFacet.class);
-    TempBlob tempBlob = storageFacet.createTempBlob(new ByteArrayInputStream(html.getBytes(UTF_8)), HASH_ALGORITHMS);
 
-    saveAsset(tx, savedIndex, tempBlob, TEXT_HTML, new AttributesMap());
-
-    return savedIndex;
+    try (TempBlob tempBlob = storageFacet.createTempBlob(new ByteArrayInputStream(html.getBytes(UTF_8)), PyPiDataUtils.HASH_ALGORITHMS)) {
+      saveAsset(tx, savedIndex, tempBlob, TEXT_HTML, new AttributesMap());
+      return savedIndex;
+    }
   }
 
   private String buildIndex(final String name, final StorageTx tx) {