diff --git a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
index 4e13b4b5f..50ecfb54e 100644
--- a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
@@ -883,7 +883,8 @@ private ConcurrentDictionary<string, Hashtable> InstallParentAndDependencyPackag
                     verboseMsgs.Enqueue($"Installing package '{depPkgName}' version '{depPkgVersion}'");
                     //Stream responseStream = currentServer.InstallPackage(depPkgName, depPkgVersion, true, out ErrorRecord installNameErrRecord);
                     // add async
-                    Stream responseStream = currentServer.InstallPackageAsync(depPkgName, depPkgVersion, true, errorMsgs, warningMsgs, debugMsgs, verboseMsgs).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                    // Dispose the stream once done: for local repositories this is a FileStream on the repository's .nupkg and leaving it open locks the file.
+                    using Stream responseStream = currentServer.InstallPackageAsync(depPkgName, depPkgVersion, true, errorMsgs, warningMsgs, debugMsgs, verboseMsgs).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
                     if (!errorMsgs.IsEmpty)
                     {
@@ -921,7 +922,8 @@ private ConcurrentDictionary<string, Hashtable> InstallParentAndDependencyPackag
                     var pkgToInstallName = pkgToBeInstalled.Name;
                     var pkgToInstallVersion = Utils.GetFullVersionString(pkgToBeInstalled.Version.ToString(), pkgToBeInstalled.Prerelease);
                     // Runs on worker threads when parent installs are parallelized; use the async overload to avoid cross-thread cmdlet stream writes.
-                    Stream responseStream = currentServer.InstallPackageAsync(pkgToInstallName, pkgToInstallVersion, true, errorMsgs, warningMsgs, debugMsgs, verboseMsgs).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                    // Dispose the stream once done: for local repositories this is a FileStream on the repository's .nupkg and leaving it open locks the file.
+                    using Stream responseStream = currentServer.InstallPackageAsync(pkgToInstallName, pkgToInstallVersion, true, errorMsgs, warningMsgs, debugMsgs, verboseMsgs).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
                     if (!errorMsgs.IsEmpty)
                     {
diff --git a/src/dsc/psresourceget.ps1 b/src/dsc/psresourceget.ps1
index ea452d522..5415ad7e0 100644
--- a/src/dsc/psresourceget.ps1
+++ b/src/dsc/psresourceget.ps1
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ function GetOperation {
         [string]$ResourceType
     )
 
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($stdinput)) {
+        Write-Trace -level error -message "Get operation requires --input with the resource properties. No input was provided."
+        exit [ExitCode]::Error
+    }
+
     $inputObj = $stdinput | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
 
     Write-Trace -message "Starting Get operation for ResourceType: $ResourceType" -level trace
diff --git a/test/DscResource/PSResourceGetDSCResource.Tests.ps1 b/test/DscResource/PSResourceGetDSCResource.Tests.ps1
index f6fcf150f..2ca23b525 100644
--- a/test/DscResource/PSResourceGetDSCResource.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/DscResource/PSResourceGetDSCResource.Tests.ps1
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ Describe 'Repository Resource Tests' -Tags 'CI' {
         }
     }
 
+    It 'Get operation without --input exits with a non-zero code and does not produce an unhandled exception' {
+        $output = & $script:dscExe resource get --resource Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet/Repository -o json 2>&1
+        $outputText = $output | Out-String
+        $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Not -Be 0
+        $outputText | Should -Match '--input'
+        $outputText | Should -Match 'required'
+        $outputText | Should -Not -Match 'Cannot bind argument to parameter'
+        $outputText | Should -Not -Match 'Unhandled exception'
+    }
+
     It 'Can delete a Repository resource instance' {
         # First, create a repository to delete
         Register-PSResourceRepository -Name 'TestRepoToDelete' -uri 'https://www.doesnotexist.com' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -APIVersion Local