diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fb6a8cde1..4f5ede44f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -721,27 +721,28 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fd78930633bd1c6e35c4b42b1df7b0cbc6bc191146e512bb3bedf243fcc3901"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.3.5",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "dirs"
-version = "3.0.1"
+name = "dirs-next"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "142995ed02755914747cc6ca76fc7e4583cd18578746716d0508ea6ed558b9ff"
+checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "dirs-sys-next",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.3.5"
+name = "dirs-sys-next"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e93d7f5705de3e49895a2b5e0b8855a1c27f080192ae9c32a6432d50741a57a"
+checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.0",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
@@ -1503,7 +1504,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cloudabi",
  "instant",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "smallvec",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
@@ -1824,6 +1825,15 @@ version = "0.1.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41cc0f7e4d5d4544e8861606a285bb08d3e70712ccc7d2b84d7c0ccfaf4b05ce"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8270314b5ccceb518e7e578952f0b72b88222d02e8f77f5ecf7abbb673539041"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1831,10 +1841,20 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "de0737333e7a9502c789a36d7c7fa6092a49895d4faa31ca5df163857ded2e9d"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.1.15",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "rust-argon2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "528532f3d801c87aec9def2add9ca802fe569e44a544afe633765267840abe64"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.2",
+ "redox_syscall 0.2.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -2103,7 +2123,7 @@ checksum = "2c29947abdee2a218277abeca306f25789c938e500ea5a9d4b12a5a504466902"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
@@ -2227,7 +2247,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "atty",
  "config",
- "dirs 3.0.1",
+ "dirs-next",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "nom 6.1.2",
@@ -2275,7 +2295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "libc",
  "rand 0.7.3",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "remove_dir_all",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
@@ -2287,7 +2307,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "edd106a334b7657c10b7c540a0106114feadeb4dc314513e97df481d5d966f42"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "dirs 1.0.5",
+ "dirs",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index e7820e368..bc881bc0f 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "taskchampion-cli"
 version = "0.3.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-dirs = "^3.0.1"
+dirs-next = "^2.0.0"
 env_logger = "^0.8.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 log = "^0.4.14"
diff --git a/cli/src/settings.rs b/cli/src/settings.rs
index 27c6a067f..de8c137f2 100644
--- a/cli/src/settings.rs
+++ b/cli/src/settings.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn default_settings() -> anyhow::Result<Config> {
     let mut settings = Config::default();
 
     // set up defaults
-    if let Some(dir) = dirs::data_local_dir() {
+    if let Some(dir) = dirs_next::data_local_dir() {
         let mut tc_dir = dir.clone();
         tc_dir.push("taskchampion");
         settings.set_default(
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub(crate) fn read_settings() -> anyhow::Result<Config> {
         let config_file: File<FileSourceFile> = config_file.into();
         settings.merge(config_file.required(true))?;
         env::remove_var("TASKCHAMPION_CONFIG");
-    } else if let Some(mut dir) = dirs::config_dir() {
+    } else if let Some(mut dir) = dirs_next::config_dir() {
         dir.push("taskchampion");
         log::debug!("Loading configuration from {:?} (optional)", dir);
         let config_file: File<FileSourceFile> = dir.into();