diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 06c9a9b40..155c8eb65 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation(kotlin("stdlib"))
 
-    implementation("app.revanced:revanced-patcher:2.4.0")
+    implementation("app.revanced:revanced-patcher:2.9.0")
     implementation("app.revanced:multidexlib2:2.5.2.r2")
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/extensions/Extensions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/extensions/Extensions.kt
index b7bf29de5..e4bb1678a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/extensions/Extensions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/extensions/Extensions.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.jf.dexlib2.builder.instruction.BuilderInstruction21t
 import org.jf.dexlib2.builder.instruction.BuilderInstruction35c
 import org.jf.dexlib2.immutable.reference.ImmutableMethodReference
 import org.w3c.dom.Node
-import java.io.OutputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
 // TODO: this method does not make sense here
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ fun ResourceData.injectStrings(
     // open source strings.xml
     val sourceInputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("$patchDirectoryPath/$relativePath")
         ?: throw PatchResultError("failed to open '$patchDirectoryPath/$relativePath'")
-    xmlEditor[sourceInputStream, OutputStream.nullOutputStream()].use { sourceStringsXml ->
+    xmlEditor[sourceInputStream].use { sourceStringsXml ->
         val strings = sourceStringsXml.file.getElementsByTagName("resources").item(0).childNodes
 
         // open target strings.xml
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/sponsorblock/resource/patch/SponsorBlockResourcePatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/sponsorblock/resource/patch/SponsorBlockResourcePatch.kt
index 9492cc209..5ed75ccf1 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/sponsorblock/resource/patch/SponsorBlockResourcePatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/sponsorblock/resource/patch/SponsorBlockResourcePatch.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import app.revanced.patcher.patch.impl.ResourcePatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.layout.sponsorblock.annotations.SponsorBlockCompatibility
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.manifest.patch.FixLocaleConfigErrorPatch
 import app.revanced.util.resources.ResourceUtils.copyXmlNode
-import java.io.OutputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
 @Name("sponsorblock-resource-patch")
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class SponsorBlockResourcePatch : ResourcePatch() {
 
         // copy nodes from the resources node to the real resource node
         "resources".copyXmlNode(
-            data.xmlEditor[stringsResourceInputStream, OutputStream.nullOutputStream()],
+            data.xmlEditor[stringsResourceInputStream],
             data.xmlEditor["res/$stringsResourcePath"]
         ).close() // close afterwards
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class SponsorBlockResourcePatch : ResourcePatch() {
 
                 val targetXmlEditor = data.xmlEditor["res/$path/$resource.xml"]
                 "RelativeLayout".copyXmlNode(
-                    data.xmlEditor[hostingResourceStream, OutputStream.nullOutputStream()],
+                    data.xmlEditor[hostingResourceStream],
                     targetXmlEditor
                 ).also {
                     val children = targetXmlEditor.file.getElementsByTagName("RelativeLayout").item(0).childNodes
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/util/resources/ResourceUtils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/util/resources/ResourceUtils.kt
index 718a49c9b..bf874d3b0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/util/resources/ResourceUtils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/util/resources/ResourceUtils.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package app.revanced.util.resources
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.data.impl.DomFileEditor
 import app.revanced.patcher.data.impl.ResourceData
-import java.io.OutputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
 internal object ResourceUtils {
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ internal object ResourceUtils {
 
         // Copy nodes from the resources node to the real resource node
         elementTag.copyXmlNode(
-            this.xmlEditor[stringsResourceInputStream, OutputStream.nullOutputStream()],
+            this.xmlEditor[stringsResourceInputStream],
             this.xmlEditor["res/$targetResource"]
         ).close()
     }