diff --git a/3rdparty/libpng/libpng b/3rdparty/libpng/libpng
index f5e92d7697..51f5bd68b9 160000
--- a/3rdparty/libpng/libpng
+++ b/3rdparty/libpng/libpng
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f5e92d76973a7a53f517579bc95d61483bf108c0
+Subproject commit 51f5bd68b9b806d2c92b4318164d28b49357da31
diff --git a/3rdparty/pugixml b/3rdparty/pugixml
index db78afc2b7..ee86beb30e 160000
--- a/3rdparty/pugixml
+++ b/3rdparty/pugixml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit db78afc2b7d8f043b4bc6b185635d949ea2ed2a8
+Subproject commit ee86beb30e4973f5feffe3ce63bfa4fbadf72f38
diff --git a/Utilities/File.cpp b/Utilities/File.cpp
index 3c4a8c769d..e2dd842ae6 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/File.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ using namespace std::literals::string_literals;
 #include <cwchar>
 #include <Windows.h>
 
-static std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> to_wchar(const std::string& source)
+static std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> to_wchar(std::string_view source)
 {
 	// String size + null terminator
 	const usz buf_size = source.size() + 1;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> to_wchar(const std::string& source)
 		std::memcpy(buffer.get() + 32768 + 4, L"UNC\\", 4 * sizeof(wchar_t));
 	}
 
-	ensure(MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, source.c_str(), size, buffer.get() + 32768 + (unc ? 8 : 4), size)); // "to_wchar"
+	ensure(MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, source.data(), size, buffer.get() + 32768 + (unc ? 8 : 4), size)); // "to_wchar"
 
 	// Canonicalize wide path (replace '/', ".", "..", \\ repetitions, etc)
 	ensure(GetFullPathNameW(buffer.get() + 32768, 32768, buffer.get(), nullptr) - 1 < 32768 - 1); // "to_wchar"
diff --git a/Utilities/rXml.cpp b/Utilities/rXml.cpp
index db52fb38e3..14ac0659f6 100644
--- a/Utilities/rXml.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/rXml.cpp
@@ -49,12 +49,11 @@ std::string rXmlNode::GetName()
 	return {};
 }
 
-std::string rXmlNode::GetAttribute(const std::string& name)
+std::string rXmlNode::GetAttribute(std::string_view name)
 {
 	if (handle)
 	{
-		const auto pred = [&name](const pugi::xml_attribute& attr) { return (name == attr.name()); };
-		if (const pugi::xml_attribute attr = handle.find_attribute(pred))
+		if (const pugi::xml_attribute attr = handle.attribute(name))
 		{
 			if (const pugi::char_t* value = attr.value())
 			{
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ rXmlDocument::rXmlDocument()
 {
 }
 
-pugi::xml_parse_result rXmlDocument::Read(const std::string& data)
+pugi::xml_parse_result rXmlDocument::Read(std::string_view data)
 {
 	if (handle)
 	{
diff --git a/Utilities/rXml.h b/Utilities/rXml.h
index 71ca257902..8b70d06ee4 100644
--- a/Utilities/rXml.h
+++ b/Utilities/rXml.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct rXmlNode
 	std::shared_ptr<rXmlNode> GetChildren();
 	std::shared_ptr<rXmlNode> GetNext();
 	std::string GetName();
-	std::string GetAttribute(const std::string& name);
+	std::string GetAttribute(std::string_view name);
 	std::string GetNodeContent();
 
 	pugi::xml_node handle{};
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct rXmlDocument
 	rXmlDocument();
 	rXmlDocument(const rXmlDocument& other) = delete;
 	rXmlDocument &operator=(const rXmlDocument& other) = delete;
-	pugi::xml_parse_result Read(const std::string& data);
+	pugi::xml_parse_result Read(std::string_view data);
 	virtual std::shared_ptr<rXmlNode> GetRoot();
 
 	pugi::xml_document handle{};