diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index 2297d82685d..1791e9f33c9 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -1198,11 +1198,18 @@ Takes the `BufEnter` event as an argument. see |autocmd-events|
 
 Open a file or directory in your preferred application.
 
+|vim.ui.open| was introduced in neovim 0.10 and is the default.
+
+Once nvim-tree minimum neovim version is updated to 0.10, these options will
+no longer be necessary and will be removed.
+
 *nvim-tree.system_open.cmd*
 The open command itself.
   Type: `string`, Default: `""`
 
-Leave empty for OS specific default:
+neovim >= 0.10 defaults to |vim.ui.open|
+
+neovim <  0.10 defaults to:
   UNIX:    `"xdg-open"`
   macOS:   `"open"`
   Windows: `"cmd"`
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/actions/node/system-open.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/actions/node/system-open.lua
index fa3a9d846dd..6393f1f9267 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/actions/node/system-open.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/actions/node/system-open.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local utils = require "nvim-tree.utils"
 local M = {}
 
 ---@param node Node
-function M.fn(node)
+local function user(node)
   if #M.config.system_open.cmd == 0 then
     require("nvim-tree.utils").notify.warn "Cannot open file with system application. Unrecognized platform."
     return
@@ -49,20 +49,41 @@ function M.fn(node)
   vim.loop.unref(process.handle)
 end
 
+---@param node Node
+local function native(node)
+  local _, err = vim.ui.open(node.link_to or node.absolute_path)
+
+  -- err only provided on opener executable not found hence logging path is not useful
+  if err then
+    notify.warn(err)
+  end
+end
+
+---@param node Node
+function M.fn(node)
+  M.open(node)
+end
+
+-- TODO always use native once 0.10 is the minimum neovim version
 function M.setup(opts)
   M.config = {}
   M.config.system_open = opts.system_open or {}
 
-  if #M.config.system_open.cmd == 0 then
-    if utils.is_windows then
-      M.config.system_open = {
-        cmd = "cmd",
-        args = { "/c", "start", '""' },
-      }
-    elseif utils.is_macos then
-      M.config.system_open.cmd = "open"
-    elseif utils.is_unix then
-      M.config.system_open.cmd = "xdg-open"
+  if vim.fn.has "nvim-0.10" == 1 and #M.config.system_open.cmd == 0 then
+    M.open = native
+  else
+    M.open = user
+    if #M.config.system_open.cmd == 0 then
+      if utils.is_windows then
+        M.config.system_open = {
+          cmd = "cmd",
+          args = { "/c", "start", '""' },
+        }
+      elseif utils.is_macos then
+        M.config.system_open.cmd = "open"
+      elseif utils.is_unix then
+        M.config.system_open.cmd = "xdg-open"
+      end
     end
   end
 end