diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6900aff7b6..4ceb0edfc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5918,6 +5918,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.42.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -6043,12 +6052,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.50.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76a1a57ff50e9b408431e8f97d5456f2807f8eb2a2cd79b06068fc87f8ecf189"
+checksum = "524e57b2c537c0f9b1e69f1965311ec12182b4122e45035b1508cd24d2adadb1"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 99c9cfbdbc..2801519a25 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ which = { version = "4.4.0", optional = true }
 print-positions = "0.6.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winreg = "0.11.0"
+winreg = "0.50.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"