diff --git a/.changes/updater-dirs.md b/.changes/updater-dirs.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58b1b077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/updater-dirs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"updater": patch
+---
+
+Switch from `dirs_next` to `dirs` as `dirs_next` is now unmaintained while `dirs` is
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 611b8376..42918024 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6758,7 +6758,7 @@ name = "tauri-plugin-updater"
 version = "2.0.0-beta.8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
- "dirs-next",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
  "flate2",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
diff --git a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
index 0d684481..48054505 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ zip = { version = "2", default-features = false, optional = true }
 windows-sys = { version = "0.52.0", features = [ "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging" ] }
 
 [target."cfg(target_os = \"linux\")".dependencies]
-dirs-next = "2"
+dirs = "5"
 tar = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
index 0dd9866b..d8cc48a3 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ impl Update {
 
         let tmp_dir_locations = vec![
             Box::new(|| Some(std::env::temp_dir())) as Box<dyn FnOnce() -> Option<PathBuf>>,
-            Box::new(dirs_next::cache_dir),
+            Box::new(dirs::cache_dir),
             Box::new(|| Some(self.extract_path.parent().unwrap().to_path_buf())),
         ];