diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46ae4869e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.java.migrate;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Value;
+import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
+import org.openrewrite.Option;
+import org.openrewrite.Recipe;
+import org.openrewrite.TreeVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.MethodMatcher;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Expression;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Space;
+
+@Value
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
+public class ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods extends Recipe {
+
+    @Option(displayName = "Method pattern to replace",
+            description = "The method pattern to match and replace.",
+            example = "java.lang.Runtime getLocalizedInputStream(java.io.InputStream)")
+    String localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher;
+
+    @Option(displayName = "Method pattern to replace",
+            description = "The method pattern to match and replace.",
+            example = "java.lang.Runtime getLocalizedOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream)")
+    String localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher;
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods(
+            @Nullable String localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher,
+            @Nullable String localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher) {
+        this.localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher = localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher == null ?
+                "java.lang.Runtime getLocalizedInputStream(java.io.InputStream)" : localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher;
+        this.localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher = localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher == null ?
+                "java.lang.Runtime getLocalizedOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream)" : localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return "Replace `getLocalizedInputStream` and `getLocalizedOutputStream` with direct assignment";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "Replaces `Runtime.getLocalizedInputStream(InputStream)` and `Runtime.getLocalizedOutputStream(OutputStream)` with their direct arguments. " +
+               "This modification is made because the previous implementation of `getLocalizedInputStream` and `getLocalizedOutputStream` merely returned the arguments provided.";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
+        return new JavaVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
+            private final MethodMatcher LocalizedInputStreamMethod = new MethodMatcher(localizedInputStreamMethodMatcher, false);
+            private final MethodMatcher localizedOutputStreamMethod = new MethodMatcher(localizedOutputStreamMethodMatcher, false);
+
+            @Override
+            public J visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation mi, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                if (LocalizedInputStreamMethod.matches(mi) || localizedOutputStreamMethod.matches(mi)) {
+                    return mi.getArguments().get(0).withPrefix(mi.getPrefix());
+                }
+                return super.visitMethodInvocation(mi, ctx);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/java-version-11.yml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/java-version-11.yml
index f54c3ee6e5..eb3e7cf90f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/java-version-11.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/java-version-11.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ recipeList:
       getPeerMethodPattern: java.awt.* getPeer()
       lightweightPeerFQCN: java.awt.peer.LightweightPeer
   - org.openrewrite.scala.migrate.UpgradeScala_2_12
+  - org.openrewrite.java.migrate.ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods
+
 ---
 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
 name: org.openrewrite.java.migrate.UpgradeBuildToJava11
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethodsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethodsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f27f0a408c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethodsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.java.migrate;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaParser;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
+
+class ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethodsTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec
+          .parser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion().dependsOn(
+            //language=java
+            """
+              package com.test;
+              import java.io.InputStream;
+              import java.io.OutputStream;
+              public class Runtime1 {
+                  public InputStream getLocalizedInputStream1(InputStream in) {
+                      return in;
+                  }
+                  public OutputStream getLocalizedOutputStream1(OutputStream out) {
+                      return out;
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          ))
+          .recipe(new ReplaceLocalizedStreamMethods(
+            "com.test.Runtime1 getLocalizedInputStream1(java.io.InputStream)",
+            "com.test.Runtime1 getLocalizedOutputStream1(java.io.OutputStream)"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DocumentExample
+    void replaceGetLocalizedInputStream() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              package com.test;
+              import java.io.InputStream;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void exampleMethod(Runtime1 rt, InputStream in) {
+                      InputStream newStream = rt.getLocalizedInputStream1(in);
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              package com.test;
+              import java.io.InputStream;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void exampleMethod(Runtime1 rt, InputStream in) {
+                      InputStream newStream = in;
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void replaceGetLocalizedOutputStream() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              package com.test;
+              import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void exampleMethod(Runtime1 rt, OutputStream out) {
+                      OutputStream newStream = rt.getLocalizedOutputStream1(out);
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              package com.test;
+              import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void exampleMethod(Runtime1 rt, OutputStream out) {
+                      OutputStream newStream = out;
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}