diff --git a/tools/maintenance/copyright_update.rb b/tools/maintenance/copyright_update.rb
index 53746cebfa..0e39f66ffc 100644
--- a/tools/maintenance/copyright_update.rb
+++ b/tools/maintenance/copyright_update.rb
@@ -4,52 +4,54 @@
 # Set up logging
 @log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
 @log.level = Logger::INFO
-log_file = File.open('copyright_update.log', 'w')
-@log_file_logger = Logger.new(log_file)
-@log_file_logger.level = Logger::INFO
-
-def update_copyright(file_path, copyright_pattern, new_copyright)
-  @log.info("Processing file: #{file_path}")
-  @log_file_logger.info("Processing file: #{file_path}")
-
-  content = File.read(file_path)
-  if content.empty?
-    @log.info("File is empty, no copyright update needed: #{file_path}")
-    @log_file_logger.info("File is empty, no copyright update needed: #{file_path}")
-  elsif content.match?(copyright_pattern)
-    updated_content = content.gsub(copyright_pattern, "\\1#{new_copyright}")
-    if updated_content != content
-      File.write(file_path, updated_content)
-      @log.info("Updated copyright in #{file_path}")
-      @log_file_logger.info("Updated copyright in #{file_path}")
+@log_file_logger = nil
+
+File.open('copyright_update.log', 'w') do |log_file|
+  @log_file_logger = Logger.new(log_file)
+  @log_file_logger.level = Logger::INFO
+
+  def update_copyright(file_path, copyright_pattern, new_copyright)
+    @log.info("Processing file: #{file_path}")
+    @log_file_logger.info("Processing file: #{file_path}")
+
+    content = File.read(file_path)
+    if content.empty?
+      @log.info("File is empty, no copyright update needed: #{file_path}")
+      @log_file_logger.info("File is empty, no copyright update needed: #{file_path}")
+    elsif content.match?(copyright_pattern)
+      updated_content = content.gsub(copyright_pattern, "\\1#{new_copyright}")
+      if updated_content != content
+        File.write(file_path, updated_content)
+        @log.info("Updated copyright in #{file_path}")
+        @log_file_logger.info("Updated copyright in #{file_path}")
+      end
+    else
+      @log.warn("Copyright pattern not found in #{file_path}")
+      @log_file_logger.warn("Copyright pattern not found in #{file_path}")
     end
-  else
-    @log.warn("Copyright pattern not found in #{file_path}")
-    @log_file_logger.warn("Copyright pattern not found in #{file_path}")
+  rescue => e
+    @log.error("Error processing file #{file_path}: #{e.message}")
+    @log_file_logger.error("Error processing file #{file_path}: #{e.message}")
   end
-rescue => e
-  @log.error("Error processing file #{file_path}: #{e.message}")
-  @log_file_logger.error("Error processing file #{file_path}: #{e.message}")
-end
-
-# Regex to match "Copyright (c) 2006-YYYY" or "(C) 2006-YYYY"
-# Captures the prefix so we can replace only the year part if needed, 
-# or better yet, replace the whole match but preserve the "Copyright (c)" part.
-copyright_pattern = /((?:Copyright \(c\) |\(C\) )2006-)20\d{2}/
-new_year = '2026'
-
-Dir.glob("../../**/*.{rb,js,yaml,html,md,txt,css,c,nasm,java,php,as}").each do |file|
-  next if File.basename(file) == 'copyright_update.rb'
-  update_copyright(file, copyright_pattern, new_year)
-end
-
-# Handle files without extensions, excluding copyright_update.rb
-Dir.glob("../../**/*").reject { |f| 
-  File.directory?(f) || File.extname(f) != '' || File.basename(f) == 'copyright_update.rb'
-}.each do |file|
-  update_copyright(file, copyright_pattern, new_year)
-end
-
-@log.info("Copyright update process completed.")
-@log_file_logger.info("Copyright update process completed.")
-log_file.close
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+
+  # Regex to match "Copyright (c) 2006-YYYY" or "(C) 2006-YYYY"
+  # Captures the prefix so we can replace only the year part if needed,
+  # or better yet, replace the whole match but preserve the "Copyright (c)" part.
+  copyright_pattern = /((?:Copyright \(c\) |\(C\) )2006-)20\d{2}/
+  new_year = '2026'
+
+  Dir.glob("../../**/*.{rb,js,yaml,html,md,txt,css,c,nasm,java,php,as}").each do |file|
+    next if File.basename(file) == 'copyright_update.rb'
+    update_copyright(file, copyright_pattern, new_year)
+  end
+
+  # Handle files without extensions, excluding copyright_update.rb
+  Dir.glob("../../**/*").reject { |f|
+    File.directory?(f) || File.extname(f) != '' || File.basename(f) == 'copyright_update.rb'
+  }.each do |file|
+    update_copyright(file, copyright_pattern, new_year)
+  end
+
+  @log.info("Copyright update process completed.")
+  @log_file_logger.info("Copyright update process completed.")
+end
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