diff --git a/src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py b/src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py
index 1794caad83..c90d6eca4d 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py
@@ -841,5 +841,8 @@ def tools(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
 
     def get_hash(self) -> str:
         """SHA-256 hash of the descriptor file."""
+        h = hashlib.sha256()
         with open(self.path, "rb") as fh:
-            return f"sha256:{hashlib.sha256(fh.read()).hexdigest()}"
+            for chunk in iter(lambda: fh.read(8192), b""):
+                h.update(chunk)
+        return f"sha256:{h.hexdigest()}"
diff --git a/src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py b/src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py
index e2f6c089a4..ee053ea08d 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py
@@ -452,8 +452,11 @@ def tags(self) -> List[str]:
 
     def get_hash(self) -> str:
         """Calculate SHA256 hash of manifest file."""
+        h = hashlib.sha256()
         with open(self.path, 'rb') as f:
-            return f"sha256:{hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()}"
+            for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(8192), b""):
+                h.update(chunk)
+        return f"sha256:{h.hexdigest()}"
 
 
 class PresetRegistry: