diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fbb1946..91ec7d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
         steps:
             - name: Checkout
-              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+              uses: actions/checkout@v5
             - name: Install PHP
               uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
               with:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
               id: composer-cache
               run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
             - name: Cache composer dependencies
-              uses: actions/cache@v1
+              uses: actions/cache@v4
               with:
                   path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
                   key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f41dd7e..462eb0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 HTTP client extension Change Log
 2.0.17 under development
 ------------------------
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Bug #250: Fixed `TypeError: stream_get_contents(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given` in case PHP error reporting is turned off (shaperman)
 
 
 2.0.16 February 13, 2025
diff --git a/src/StreamTransport.php b/src/StreamTransport.php
index 006d4ee..c02824a 100644
--- a/src/StreamTransport.php
+++ b/src/StreamTransport.php
@@ -59,11 +59,18 @@ public function send($request)
         try {
             $context = stream_context_create($contextOptions);
             $stream = fopen($url, 'rb', false, $context);
+            if (false === $stream) {
+                $error = error_get_last();
+                throw new Exception(sprintf('Error while fopen(%s): %s', $url, isset($error['message']) ? $error['message'] : 'Unknown error'));
+            }
             $responseContent = stream_get_contents($stream);
             // see https://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.httpresponseheader.php
             $responseHeaders = (array)$http_response_header;
             fclose($stream);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            if (isset($stream) && is_resource($stream)) {
+                fclose($stream);
+            }
             Yii::endProfile($token, __METHOD__);
             throw new Exception($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
         }