diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryInputFile.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryInputFile.java
index f25b21bac7e9..fb4d52a52115 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryInputFile.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryInputFile.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ private static class InMemorySeekableInputStream extends SeekableInputStream {
 
     private final int length;
     private final ByteArrayInputStream delegate;
+    private boolean closed = false;
 
     InMemorySeekableInputStream(byte[] contents) {
       this.length = contents.length;
@@ -72,11 +73,13 @@ private static class InMemorySeekableInputStream extends SeekableInputStream {
 
     @Override
     public long getPos() throws IOException {
+      checkOpen();
       return length - delegate.available();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void seek(long newPos) throws IOException {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.reset(); // resets to a marked position
       Preconditions.checkState(delegate.skip(newPos) == newPos,
           "Invalid position %s within stream of length %s", newPos, length);
@@ -84,26 +87,31 @@ public void seek(long newPos) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public int read() {
+      checkOpen();
       return delegate.read();
     }
 
     @Override
     public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException {
+      checkOpen();
       return delegate.read(b);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
+      checkOpen();
       return delegate.read(b, off, len);
     }
 
     @Override
     public long skip(long n) {
+      checkOpen();
       return delegate.skip(n);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int available() {
+      checkOpen();
       return delegate.available();
     }
 
@@ -120,12 +128,19 @@ public void mark(int readAheadLimit) {
 
     @Override
     public void reset() {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.reset();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
       delegate.close();
+      closed = true;
+    }
+
+    private void checkOpen() {
+      // ByteArrayInputStream can be used even after close, so for test purposes disallow such use explicitly
+      Preconditions.checkState(!closed, "Stream is closed");
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryOutputFile.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryOutputFile.java
index c64ec00c6e5e..3f03470d64ab 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryOutputFile.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/InMemoryOutputFile.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public byte[] toByteArray() {
 
   private static class InMemoryPositionOutputStream extends PositionOutputStream {
     private final ByteArrayOutputStream delegate;
+    private boolean closed = false;
 
     InMemoryPositionOutputStream(ByteArrayOutputStream delegate) {
       Preconditions.checkNotNull(delegate, "delegate is null");
@@ -86,27 +87,37 @@ public long getPos() {
 
     @Override
     public void write(int b) {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.write(b);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void write(byte[] b) throws IOException {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.write(b);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.write(b, off, len);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void flush() throws IOException {
+      checkOpen();
       delegate.flush();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
       delegate.close();
+      closed = true;
+    }
+
+    private void checkOpen() {
+      // ByteArrayOutputStream can be used even after close, so for test purposes disallow such use explicitly
+      Preconditions.checkState(!closed, "Stream is closed");
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryInputFile.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryInputFile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95a10fcf4bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryInputFile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.iceberg.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestInMemoryInputFile {
+  @Test
+  public void testReadAfterClose() throws IOException {
+    InMemoryInputFile inputFile = new InMemoryInputFile("abc".getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
+    InputStream inputStream = inputFile.newStream();
+    Assert.assertEquals('a', inputStream.read());
+    inputStream.close();
+    Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(inputStream::read)
+        .hasMessage("Stream is closed");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryOutputFile.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryOutputFile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c9c4b8e4c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestInMemoryOutputFile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.iceberg.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestInMemoryOutputFile {
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteAfterClose() throws IOException {
+    InMemoryOutputFile outputFile = new InMemoryOutputFile();
+    OutputStream outputStream = outputFile.create();
+    outputStream.write('a');
+    outputStream.write('b');
+    outputStream.close();
+    Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> outputStream.write('c'))
+        .hasMessage("Stream is closed");
+    Assertions.assertThat(outputFile.toByteArray())
+        .isEqualTo("ab".getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
+  }
+}