diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
index 026431e856bc..cf8394e40cde 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/openapi/vfs/JrtFileSystemTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class JrtFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
 
   private void setupJrtFileSystem() throws IOException {
     Files.createDirectories(myJrtPath);
-    Files.write(myJrtPath.resolve("release"), "JAVA_VERSION=9\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Files.writeString(myJrtPath.resolve("release"), "JAVA_VERSION=9\n");
     Path lib = Files.createDirectory(myJrtPath.resolve("lib"));
     Files.copy(myTestData.resolve("jrt-fs.jar"), lib.resolve("jrt-fs.jar"));
     Files.copy(myTestData.resolve("image1"), lib.resolve("modules"));
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class JrtFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
     Path modules = myJrtPath.resolve("lib/modules");
     Files.move(modules, myJrtPath.resolve("lib/modules.bak"), StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
     Files.copy(myTestData.resolve("image2"), modules);
-    Files.write(myJrtPath.resolve("release"), "JAVA_VERSION=9.0.1\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Files.writeString(myJrtPath.resolve("release"), "JAVA_VERSION=9.0.1\n");
     List<VFileEvent> events = VfsTestUtil.getEvents(() -> local.refresh(false, true));
     assertThat(childNames(myRoot)).describedAs("events=" + events).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("java.base", "test.a", "test.b");
 
diff --git a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/LightTestMigration.java b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/LightTestMigration.java
index 84c6ad07f901..5db9519f4277 100644
--- a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/LightTestMigration.java
+++ b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/LightTestMigration.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class LightTestMigration {
     FileUtil.delete(myDir.toFile());
     Files.createDirectories(myDir);
     for (Pair<Path, String> file : resultFiles) {
-      Files.write(file.getFirst(), file.getSecond().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+      Files.writeString(file.getFirst(), file.getSecond());
       System.out.println("Written: " + file.getFirst());
     }
   }
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/GlobalInspectionContextEx.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/GlobalInspectionContextEx.java
index 2422b33b0305..adb2e7dfde81 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/GlobalInspectionContextEx.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/GlobalInspectionContextEx.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class GlobalInspectionContextEx extends GlobalInspectionContextBase {
         try {
           Path file = InspectionsResultUtil.getInspectionResultPath(outputDir, sameTools.getShortName());
           inspectionsResults.add(file);
-          Files.write(file, ("</" + PROBLEMS_TAG_NAME + ">").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+          Files.writeString(file, "</" + PROBLEMS_TAG_NAME + ">", StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
           LOG.error(e);
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CreateDesktopEntryAction.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CreateDesktopEntryAction.java
index 912824b5ce69..10ecdb9e7598 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CreateDesktopEntryAction.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CreateDesktopEntryAction.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public final class CreateDesktopEntryAction extends DumbAwareAction {
     Map<String, String> vars = Map.of("$NAME$", name, "$SCRIPT$", execPath, "$ICON$", iconPath, "$COMMENT$", comment, "$WM_CLASS$", wmClass);
     String content = ExecUtil.loadTemplate(CreateDesktopEntryAction.class.getClassLoader(), "entry.desktop", vars);
     Path entryFile = Paths.get(PathManager.getTempPath(), wmClass + ".desktop");
-    Files.write(entryFile, content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Files.writeString(entryFile, content);
     return entryFile;
   }