diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 401403a709a..71015e17168 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1523,6 +1523,9 @@
           "strip-ansi": "^7.2.0"
         }
       }
+    },
+    "patchedDependencies": {
+      "@whiskeysockets/baileys@7.0.0-rc.9": "patches/@whiskeysockets__baileys@7.0.0-rc.9.patch"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/patches/@whiskeysockets__baileys@7.0.0-rc.9.patch b/patches/@whiskeysockets__baileys@7.0.0-rc.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3e95ad54c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/@whiskeysockets__baileys@7.0.0-rc.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/lib/Utils/messages-media.js b/lib/Utils/messages-media.js
+index 0d32dfb4882dfe029ba8804772d7d89404b08e76..4eb2b214b48ef3af48f707237cd19c05e11632a6 100644
+--- a/lib/Utils/messages-media.js
++++ b/lib/Utils/messages-media.js
+@@ -353,9 +353,17 @@ export const encryptedStream = async (media, mediaType, { logger, saveOriginalFi
+         const fileSha256 = sha256Plain.digest();
+         const fileEncSha256 = sha256Enc.digest();
+         encFileWriteStream.write(mac);
++        // Create finish promises before calling end() to avoid missing the event
++        const encFinishPromise = once(encFileWriteStream, 'finish');
++        const originalFinishPromise = originalFileStream ? once(originalFileStream, 'finish') : Promise.resolve();
+         encFileWriteStream.end();
+         originalFileStream?.end?.();
+         stream.destroy();
++        // Wait for write streams to fully flush to disk before returning encFilePath.
++        // Without this await, the caller may open a read stream on the file before
++        // the OS has created it, causing a race-condition ENOENT crash.
++        await encFinishPromise;
++        await originalFinishPromise;
+         logger?.debug('encrypted data successfully');
+         return {
+             mediaKey,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b7fefafb71f..a7f9818cf5d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ overrides:
 
 packageExtensionsChecksum: sha256-n+P/SQo4Pf+dHYpYn1Y6wL4cJEVoVzZ835N0OEp4TM8=
 
+patchedDependencies:
+  '@whiskeysockets/baileys@7.0.0-rc.9':
+    hash: c79c66180c377cf57f4dd1657c85b572fafb3cf9667ea36af5d4a991eb6bb709
+    path: patches/@whiskeysockets__baileys@7.0.0-rc.9.patch
+
 importers:
 
   .:
@@ -1221,7 +1226,7 @@ importers:
     dependencies:
       '@whiskeysockets/baileys':
         specifier: 7.0.0-rc.9
-        version: 7.0.0-rc.9(audio-decode@2.2.3)(jimp@1.6.1)(sharp@0.34.5)
+        version: 7.0.0-rc.9(patch_hash=c79c66180c377cf57f4dd1657c85b572fafb3cf9667ea36af5d4a991eb6bb709)(audio-decode@2.2.3)(jimp@1.6.1)(sharp@0.34.5)
       jimp:
         specifier: ^1.6.1
         version: 1.6.1
@@ -11423,7 +11428,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@wasm-audio-decoders/common': 9.0.7
     optional: true
 
-  '@whiskeysockets/baileys@7.0.0-rc.9(audio-decode@2.2.3)(jimp@1.6.1)(sharp@0.34.5)':
+  '@whiskeysockets/baileys@7.0.0-rc.9(patch_hash=c79c66180c377cf57f4dd1657c85b572fafb3cf9667ea36af5d4a991eb6bb709)(audio-decode@2.2.3)(jimp@1.6.1)(sharp@0.34.5)':
     dependencies:
       '@cacheable/node-cache': 1.7.6
       '@hapi/boom': 9.1.4