diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index fdfb021f8..b168480b1 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1650,22 +1650,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs"
-version = "5.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys 0.5.0",
+ "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1678,18 +1669,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys-next",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "option-ext",
- "redox_users 0.4.6",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2092,7 +2071,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bufferpool",
  "bytes",
  "clap",
- "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "dirs",
  "dns-types",
  "firezone-logging",
  "flume",
@@ -2192,7 +2171,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "client-shared",
  "connlib-model",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
- "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "dirs",
  "firezone-bin-shared",
  "firezone-logging",
  "firezone-telemetry",
@@ -6928,7 +6907,7 @@ checksum = "e7b0bc1aec81bda6bc455ea98fcaed26b3c98c1648c627ad6ff1c704e8bf8cbc"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
- "dirs 6.0.0",
+ "dirs",
  "dunce",
  "embed_plist",
  "futures-util",
@@ -6980,7 +6959,7 @@ checksum = "d7a0350f0df1db385ca5c02888a83e0e66655c245b7443db8b78a70da7d7f8fc"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_toml",
- "dirs 6.0.0",
+ "dirs",
  "glob",
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "json-patch",
@@ -7830,7 +7809,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7eee98ec5c90daf179d55c20a49d8c0d043054ce7c26336c09a24d31f14fa0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
- "dirs 6.0.0",
+ "dirs",
  "libappindicator",
  "muda",
  "objc2",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index c8f0be564..a034d1a97 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ client-shared = { path = "client-shared" }
 connlib-model = { path = "connlib/model" }
 derive_more = "1.0.0"
 difference = "2.0.0"
-dirs = "5.0.1"
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 divan = "0.1.21"
 dns-lookup = "2.0"
 dns-over-tcp = { path = "connlib/dns-over-tcp" }
diff --git a/rust/deny.toml b/rust/deny.toml
index 0811b1e41..aff742b59 100644
--- a/rust/deny.toml
+++ b/rust/deny.toml
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ skip = [
   "core-graphics",
   "core-graphics-types",
   "derive_more",
-  "dirs",
-  "dirs-sys",
   "getrandom",
   "hashbrown",
   "heck",