diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
index 60bf3858b4..aa281b2275 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ chrono = "0.4.39"
 clap = "4.5"
 dbus = "0.9"
 debounced = "0.2"
-dirs = "5.0.1"
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 dns-lookup = "2"
 duct = "0.13"
 eventlog = "0.3.0"