diff --git a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigrator.java b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigrator.java
index c108523a4f..fc7f647370 100644
--- a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigrator.java
+++ b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigrator.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             final int readCount = readsDone.size();
             LOGGER.info("{} {} read from {}", readCount, readCount == 1 ? "node" : "nodes", zooKeeperEndpointConfig);
         }
+        closeZooKeeper(zooKeeper);
     }
 
     void writeZooKeeper(InputStream zkData, AuthMode authMode, byte[] authData, boolean ignoreSource) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             LOGGER.info("{} {} transferred to {}", writeCount, writeCount == 1 ? "node" : "nodes", zooKeeperEndpointConfig);
         }
         jsonReader.close();
+        closeZooKeeper(zooKeeper);
     }
 
     private Stream<String> streamPaths(ZooKeeperNode node) {
@@ -212,7 +214,10 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             final String childPath = Joiner.on('/').skipNulls().join(path.equals("/") ? "" : path, s);
             try {
                 return getNode(zooKeeper, childPath);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
+            } catch (InterruptedException | KeeperException e) {
+                if (e instanceof InterruptedException) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                }
                 throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to discover sub-tree from %s", childPath), e);
             }
         }).collect(Collectors.toList()));
@@ -229,7 +234,10 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             data = zooKeeper.getData(path, false, stat);
             acls = zooKeeper.getACL(path, stat);
             ephemeralOwner = stat.getEphemeralOwner();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (InterruptedException | KeeperException e) {
+            if (e instanceof InterruptedException) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
             throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to get data, ACLs, and stats from %s for node at path %s", zooKeeper, path), e);
         }
         return new DataStatAclNode(path, data, stat, acls, ephemeralOwner);
@@ -257,6 +265,7 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
                 throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to create node at path %s, ZooKeeper returned %s", path, e.code()), e);
             }
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
             throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to create node at path %s", path), e);
         }
     }
@@ -280,7 +289,10 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             zooKeeper.setData(node.getPath(), node.getData(), -1);
             zooKeeper.setACL(node.getPath(), node.getAcls(), -1);
             LOGGER.info("transferred node {} in {}", node, zooKeeperEndpointConfig);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (InterruptedException | KeeperException e) {
+            if (e instanceof InterruptedException) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
             throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to transmit data to %s for path %s", zooKeeper, node.getPath()), e);
         }
         return node.getStat();
@@ -302,13 +314,13 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             connected = connectionLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             closeZooKeeper(zooKeeper);
-            Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // preserve interrupt
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
             throw new IOException(String.format("interrupted while waiting for ZooKeeper connection to %s", zooKeeperEndpointConfig), e);
         }
 
         if (!connected) {
             closeZooKeeper(zooKeeper);
-            throw new IOException(String.format("unable to connect to %s, state is %s", zooKeeperEndpointConfig, zooKeeper.getState()));
+            throw new IOException(String.format("unable to connect to %s", zooKeeperEndpointConfig));
         }
 
         if (authMode.equals(AuthMode.DIGEST)) {
@@ -322,7 +334,7 @@ class ZooKeeperMigrator {
             zooKeeper.close();
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             LOGGER.warn("could not close ZooKeeper client due to interrupt", e);
-            Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // preserve interrupt
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorMain.java b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorMain.java
index 012618e1c3..8d58866612 100644
--- a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorMain.java
+++ b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorMain.java
@@ -26,12 +26,17 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionGroup;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 import org.apache.nifi.toolkit.zkmigrator.ZooKeeperMigrator.AuthMode;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 public class ZooKeeperMigratorMain {
 
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ public class ZooKeeperMigratorMain {
         helpFormatter.printHelp(ZooKeeperMigratorMain.class.getCanonicalName(), HEADER, options, FOOTER, true);
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         PrintStream output = System.out;
         System.setOut(System.err);
 
@@ -147,15 +152,19 @@ public class ZooKeeperMigratorMain {
                 }
                 final ZooKeeperMigrator zookeeperMigrator = new ZooKeeperMigrator(zookeeperUri);
                 if (mode.equals(Mode.READ)) {
-                    zookeeperMigrator.readZooKeeper(filename != null ? new FileOutputStream(Paths.get(filename).toFile()) : output, authMode, authData);
+                    try (OutputStream zkData = filename != null ? new FileOutputStream(Paths.get(filename).toFile()) : output) {
+                        zookeeperMigrator.readZooKeeper(zkData, authMode, authData);
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    zookeeperMigrator.writeZooKeeper(filename != null ? new FileInputStream(Paths.get(filename).toFile()) : System.in, authMode, authData, ignoreSource);
+                    try (InputStream zkData = filename != null ? new FileInputStream(Paths.get(filename).toFile()) : System.in) {
+                        zookeeperMigrator.writeZooKeeper(zkData, authMode, authData, ignoreSource);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             printUsage(e.getLocalizedMessage(), options);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(String.format("unable to perform operation: %s", e.getLocalizedMessage()), e);
+        } catch (IOException | KeeperException | InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IOException(String.format("unable to perform operation: %s", e.getLocalizedMessage()), e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorTest.groovy b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorTest.groovy
index 6c7476d83c..5562734889 100644
--- a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorTest.groovy
+++ b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/toolkit/zkmigrator/ZooKeeperMigratorTest.groovy
@@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ class ZooKeeperMigratorTest extends Specification {
         when: "data is sent to the same zookeeper as the the source zookeeper without ignore source"
         ZooKeeperMigratorMain.main(['-s', '-z', connectString, '-f', dataPath] as String[])
 
-        then: "verify that a runtime exception is thrown with an illegal argument exception as the cause"
-        def e = thrown(RuntimeException)
-        e.cause.class == IllegalArgumentException
+        then: "verify that an illegal argument exception is thrown"
+        thrown(IllegalArgumentException)
 
         when: "data is sent to the same zookeeper as the source zookeeper with ignore source option is set"
         ZooKeeperMigratorMain.main(['-s', '-z', connectString, '-f', dataPath, '--ignore-source'] as String[])
diff --git a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/resources/test-data.json b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/resources/test-data.json
index 3d15c3ba1c..758270a0f6 100644
--- a/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/resources/test-data.json
+++ b/nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-zookeeper-migrator/src/test/resources/test-data.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       "version": 0,
       "cversion": 0,
       "aversion": 0,
-      "ephemeralOwner": 96836130884026368,
+      "ephemeralOwner": 0,
       "dataLength": 9,
       "numChildren": 0,
       "pzxid": 4
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         }
       }
     ],
-    "ephemeralOwner": 96836130884026368
+    "ephemeralOwner": 0
   },
   {
     "path": "/nifi/2",