diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 17b02014c..9dee2ec47 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6793,7 +6793,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "url",
- "windows 0.54.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
  "zip",
 ]
 
@@ -8096,16 +8096,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows"
-version = "0.54.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9252e5725dbed82865af151df558e754e4a3c2c30818359eb17465f1346a1b49"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-core 0.54.0",
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.51.1"
@@ -8124,16 +8114,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.54.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12661b9c89351d684a50a8a643ce5f608e20243b9fb84687800163429f161d65"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-result",
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -8156,15 +8136,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.49",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-result"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd19df78e5168dfb0aedc343d1d1b8d422ab2db6756d2dc3fef75035402a3f64"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.36.1"
diff --git a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
index 73cd09922..6159feb26 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ tar = "0.4"
 
 [target."cfg(target_os = \"windows\")".dependencies]
 zip = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
-windows = { version = "0.54", features = [
-    "Win32_System_WinRT",
-    "Win32_UI_Shell",
-    "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging",
-] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.52.0", features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging"] }
 
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"macos\", target_os = \"linux\"))".dependencies]
 flate2 = "1.0.27"
diff --git a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
index a64184b1d..3c0608535 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -514,8 +514,9 @@ impl Update {
     fn install_inner(&self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<()> {
         use std::fs;
 
-        use windows::{
-            core::{w, HSTRING},
+        use windows_sys::{
+            core::HSTRING,
+            w,
             Win32::UI::{Shell::ShellExecuteW, WindowsAndMessaging::SW_SHOW},
         };
 
@@ -575,12 +576,25 @@ impl Update {
             } else {
                 continue;
             }
-            let file = HSTRING::from(found_path.as_os_str());
-            let parameters = HSTRING::from(installer_args.join(OsStr::new(" ")));
-            let ret =
-                unsafe { ShellExecuteW(None, w!("runas"), &file, &parameters, None, SW_SHOW) };
-            if ret.0 <= 32 {
-                return Err(Error::Io(windows::core::Error::from_win32().into()));
+            let file = HSTRING::from(found_path.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes().as_ptr() as _);
+            let parameters = HSTRING::from(
+                installer_args
+                    .join(OsStr::new(" "))
+                    .as_encoded_bytes()
+                    .as_ptr() as _,
+            );
+            let ret = unsafe {
+                ShellExecuteW(
+                    0,
+                    w!("runas"),
+                    file as _,
+                    parameters as _,
+                    std::ptr::null(),
+                    SW_SHOW,
+                )
+            };
+            if ret <= 32 {
+                return Err(Error::Io(std::io::Error::last_os_error()));
             }
             std::process::exit(0);
         }