diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/FileReadWrite.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/FileReadWrite.qll
index 85020f60fd4..f6aec6e9999 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/FileReadWrite.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/FileReadWrite.qll
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ private predicate fileRead(VarAccess fileAccess, Expr fileReadingExpr) {
       fileAccess = ma.getArgument(0) and
       filesMethod
           .hasName(["readAllBytes", "readAllLines", "readString", "lines", "newBufferedReader",
-                "newInputReader", "newByteChannel"])
+                "newInputStream", "newByteChannel"])
     )
   )
   or