diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index d075f83..13b94da 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changes
 3.1 (unreleased)
 ================
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Modify read/write operations to use Path() to avoid dangling file handles
 
 
 3.0 (2023-02-07)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1908255..b081d2d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
 def read(*rnames):
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *rnames)).read()
+    return Path(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *rnames)).read_text()
 
 
 long_description = (
diff --git a/src/zc/zodbrecipes/__init__.py b/src/zc/zodbrecipes/__init__.py
index fe32113..cdeba8e 100644
--- a/src/zc/zodbrecipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/zc/zodbrecipes/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from io import StringIO
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import zc.buildout
 import zc.recipe.egg
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def install(self):
 
             logrotate = options['logrotate']
             if logrotate:
-                open(logrotate, 'w').write(logrotate_template % dict(
+                Path(logrotate).write_text(logrotate_template % dict(
                     logfile=event_log_path,
                     rc=os.path.join(options['rc-directory'], rc),
                     conf=zdaemon_conf_path,
@@ -202,8 +203,8 @@ def install(self):
         self.egg.install()
         requirements, ws = self.egg.working_set()
 
-        open(zeo_conf_path, 'w').write(str(zeo_conf))
-        open(zdaemon_conf_path, 'w').write(str(zdaemon_conf))
+        Path(zeo_conf_path).write_text(str(zeo_conf))
+        Path(zdaemon_conf_path).write_text(str(zdaemon_conf))
 
         if options.get('shell-script') == 'true':
             if not os.path.exists(options['zdaemon']):
@@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ def install(self):
             contents = "#!/bin/sh\n%s\n" % contents
 
             dest = os.path.join(options['rc-directory'], rc)
-            if not (os.path.exists(dest) and open(dest).read() == contents):
-                open(dest, 'w').write(contents)
+            if not (os.path.exists(dest) and
+                    Path(dest).read_text() == contents):
+                Path(dest).write_text(contents)
                 os.chmod(dest, 0o755)
                 logger.info("Generated shell script %r.", dest)