diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8b9392469..1c7bc4c6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1046,12 +1046,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust_decimal",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dunce"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "453440c271cf5577fd2a40e4942540cb7d0d2f85e27c8d07dd0023c925a67541"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -2810,7 +2804,7 @@ name = "nu-path"
 version = "0.70.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-next",
- "dunce",
+ "omnipath",
  "pwd",
 ]
 
@@ -3145,6 +3139,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "omnipath"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7461858c5ac9bde3fcdeedc17f58ed0469ec74f2d737b6369fc31c0b0ef576c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.15.0"
diff --git a/crates/nu-path/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-path/Cargo.toml
index 12803c63f..f38db741b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-path/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-path/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version = "0.70.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
-dunce = "1.0.1"
+omnipath = "0.1.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))'.dependencies]
-pwd = "1.3.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+pwd = "1.3.1"
diff --git a/crates/nu-path/src/dots.rs b/crates/nu-path/src/dots.rs
index b6025c479..ae6c6dbfb 100644
--- a/crates/nu-path/src/dots.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-path/src/dots.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::{is_separator, Component, Path, PathBuf};
 
+use super::helpers;
+
 const EXPAND_STR: &str = if cfg!(windows) { r"..\" } else { "../" };
 
 fn handle_dots_push(string: &mut String, count: u8) {
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ pub fn expand_dots(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf {
         _ => result.push(component),
     });
 
-    dunce::simplified(&result).to_path_buf()
+    helpers::simiplified(&result)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/nu-path/src/expansions.rs b/crates/nu-path/src/expansions.rs
index ffa202a3d..fc5eeea5f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-path/src/expansions.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-path/src/expansions.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use super::dots::{expand_dots, expand_ndots};
+use super::helpers;
 use super::tilde::expand_tilde;
 
 // Join a path relative to another path. Paths starting with tilde are considered as absolute.
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ fn canonicalize(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     let path = expand_tilde(path);
     let path = expand_ndots(path);
 
-    dunce::canonicalize(path)
+    helpers::canonicalize(&path)
 }
 
 /// Resolve all symbolic links and all components (tilde, ., .., ...+) and return the path in its
diff --git a/crates/nu-path/src/helpers.rs b/crates/nu-path/src/helpers.rs
index eaab1958c..febe8a2a7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-path/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-path/src/helpers.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use omnipath::WinPathExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub fn home_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
@@ -7,3 +9,22 @@ pub fn home_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 pub fn config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     dirs_next::config_dir()
 }
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn canonicalize(path: &std::path::Path) -> std::io::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    path.canonicalize()?.to_winuser_path()
+}
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+pub fn canonicalize(path: &std::path::Path) -> std::io::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    path.canonicalize()
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn simiplified(path: &std::path::Path) -> PathBuf {
+    path.to_winuser_path()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| path.to_path_buf())
+}
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+pub fn simiplified(path: &std::path::Path) -> PathBuf {
+    path.to_path_buf()
+}
diff --git a/tests/path/canonicalize.rs b/tests/path/canonicalize.rs
index 4109c759c..73c72a473 100644
--- a/tests/path/canonicalize.rs
+++ b/tests/path/canonicalize.rs
@@ -419,3 +419,14 @@ fn canonicalize_with_should_fail() {
 
     assert!(canonicalize_with(path, relative_to).is_err());
 }
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[test]
+fn canonicalize_unc() {
+    // Ensure that canonicalizing UNC paths does not turn them verbatim.
+    // Assumes the C drive exists and that the `localhost` UNC path works.
+    let actual =
+        nu_path::canonicalize_with(r"\\localhost\c$", ".").expect("failed to canonicalize");
+    let expected = Path::new(r"\\localhost\c$");
+    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+}