diff --git a/src/Commands/SaveRevisionFile.cs b/src/Commands/SaveRevisionFile.cs
index f1482a7e..86b4d426 100644
--- a/src/Commands/SaveRevisionFile.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/SaveRevisionFile.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Commands
             starter.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
             starter.RedirectStandardError = true;
 
-            await using (var sw = File.OpenWrite(outputFile))
+            await using (var sw = File.Create(outputFile))
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/src/Models/AvatarManager.cs b/src/Models/AvatarManager.cs
index 65786e38..69e12819 100644
--- a/src/Models/AvatarManager.cs
+++ b/src/Models/AvatarManager.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
                         {
                             using (var stream = rsp.Content.ReadAsStream())
                             {
-                                using (var writer = File.OpenWrite(localFile))
+                                using (var writer = File.Create(localFile))
                                 {
                                     stream.CopyTo(writer);
                                 }
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
index 0bf07728..9ef76b42 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
             try
             {
-                using var stream = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(_gitDir, "sourcegit.settings"));
+                using var stream = File.Create(Path.Combine(_gitDir, "sourcegit.settings"));
                 JsonSerializer.Serialize(stream, _settings, JsonCodeGen.Default.RepositorySettings);
             }
             catch
diff --git a/src/Views/Avatar.cs b/src/Views/Avatar.cs
index c256867a..dc397196 100644
--- a/src/Views/Avatar.cs
+++ b/src/Views/Avatar.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Views
                 if (storageFile != null)
                 {
                     var saveTo = storageFile.Path.LocalPath;
-                    await using (var writer = File.OpenWrite(saveTo))
+                    await using (var writer = File.Create(saveTo))
                     {
                         if (_img != null)
                         {