diff --git a/scrapy/pipelines/files.py b/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
index ad4abbbb6..795a0143f 100644
--- a/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
+++ b/scrapy/pipelines/files.py
@@ -391,15 +391,15 @@ class FTPFilesStore:
     ) -> Deferred[StatInfo]:
         def _stat_file(path: str) -> StatInfo:
             try:
-                ftp = FTP()
-                ftp.connect(self.host, self.port)
-                ftp.login(self.username, self.password)
-                if self.USE_ACTIVE_MODE:
-                    ftp.set_pasv(False)
-                file_path = f"{self.basedir}/{path}"
-                last_modified = float(ftp.voidcmd(f"MDTM {file_path}")[4:].strip())
-                m = hashlib.md5()  # noqa: S324
-                ftp.retrbinary(f"RETR {file_path}", m.update)
+                with FTP() as ftp:
+                    ftp.connect(self.host, self.port)
+                    ftp.login(self.username, self.password)
+                    if self.USE_ACTIVE_MODE:
+                        ftp.set_pasv(False)
+                    file_path = f"{self.basedir}/{path}"
+                    last_modified = float(ftp.voidcmd(f"MDTM {file_path}")[4:].strip())
+                    m = hashlib.md5()  # noqa: S324
+                    ftp.retrbinary(f"RETR {file_path}", m.update)
                 return {"last_modified": last_modified, "checksum": m.hexdigest()}
             # The file doesn't exist
             except Exception:
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline_files.py b/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
index 47d516796..6b63dc056 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
@@ -61,20 +61,20 @@ def get_ftp_content_and_delete(
     password: str,
     use_active_mode: bool = False,
 ) -> bytes:
-    ftp = FTP()
-    ftp.connect(host, port)
-    ftp.login(username, password)
-    if use_active_mode:
-        ftp.set_pasv(False)
-    ftp_data: list[bytes] = []
+    with FTP() as ftp:
+        ftp.connect(host, port)
+        ftp.login(username, password)
+        if use_active_mode:
+            ftp.set_pasv(False)
+        ftp_data: list[bytes] = []
 
-    def buffer_data(data: bytes) -> None:
-        ftp_data.append(data)
+        def buffer_data(data: bytes) -> None:
+            ftp_data.append(data)
 
-    ftp.retrbinary(f"RETR {path}", buffer_data)
-    dirname, filename = split(path)
-    ftp.cwd(dirname)
-    ftp.delete(filename)
+        ftp.retrbinary(f"RETR {path}", buffer_data)
+        dirname, filename = split(path)
+        ftp.cwd(dirname)
+        ftp.delete(filename)
     return b"".join(ftp_data)