diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 20a519f085..4a128d6201 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2293,23 +2293,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5746,7 +5746,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "ff",
  "group",
- "lazy_static",
  "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-pemstore",
  "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -8841,13 +8840,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba009ff324d1fc1b900bd1fdb31564febe58a8ccc8a6fdbb93b543d33b13ca43"
+checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "libredox",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 77dd204105..267c560755 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ dashmap = "5.5.3"
 # We want https://github.com/DefGuard/wireguard-rs/pull/64 , but there's no crates.io release being pushed out anymore
 defguard_wireguard_rs = { git = "https://github.com/DefGuard/wireguard-rs.git", rev = "v0.4.7" }
 digest = "0.10.7"
-dirs = "5.0"
+dirs = "6.0"
 doc-comment = "0.3"
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 dyn-clone = "1.0.19"