diff --git a/dcicutils/tmpfile_utils.py b/dcicutils/tmpfile_utils.py
index ba1652cb6..f96ec4ef1 100644
--- a/dcicutils/tmpfile_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/tmpfile_utils.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def temporary_file(name: Optional[str] = None, suffix: Optional[str] = None,
                    content: Optional[Union[str, bytes, List[str]]] = None) -> str:
     with temporary_directory() as tmp_directory_name:
         tmp_file_name = os.path.join(tmp_directory_name, name or tempfile.mktemp(dir="")) + (suffix or "")
-        if content is not None:
-            with open(tmp_file_name, "wb" if isinstance(content, bytes) else "w") as tmp_file:
+        with open(tmp_file_name, "wb" if isinstance(content, bytes) else "w") as tmp_file:
+            if content is not None:
                 tmp_file.write("\n".join(content) if isinstance(content, list) else content)
         yield tmp_file_name
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 250bdfa64..3f9febe0d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.7.0.1b21"  # TODO: To become 8.7.1
+version = "8.7.0.1b22"  # TODO: To become 8.7.1
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"