diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6859fe94c..8cd194ef1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
  "wax",
  "which",
- "windows",
+ "windows 0.42.0",
  "winreg",
 ]
 
@@ -5261,7 +5261,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "scopeguard",
  "url",
- "windows",
+ "windows 0.37.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5711,6 +5711,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.37.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0286ba339aa753e70765d521bb0242cc48e1194562bfa2a2ad7ac8a6de28f5d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.0",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5724,6 +5739,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.36.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41d2aa71f6f0cbe00ae5167d90ef3cfe66527d6f613ca78ac8024c3ccab9a19e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5736,6 +5757,12 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2623277cb2d1c216ba3b578c0f3cf9cdebeddb6e66b1b218bb33596ea7769c3a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd0f252f5a35cac83d6311b2e795981f5ee6e67eb1f9a7f64eb4500fbc4dcdb4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5748,6 +5775,12 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3925fd0b0b804730d44d4b6278c50f9699703ec49bcd628020f46f4ba07d9e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbeae19f6716841636c28d695375df17562ca208b2b7d0dc47635a50ae6c5de7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5760,6 +5793,12 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce907ac74fe331b524c1298683efbf598bb031bc84d5e274db2083696d07c57c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84c12f65daa39dd2babe6e442988fc329d6243fdce47d7d2d155b8d874862246"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5772,6 +5811,18 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2babfba0828f2e6b32457d5341427dcbb577ceef556273229959ac23a10af33d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf7b1b21b5362cbc318f686150e5bcea75ecedc74dd157d874d754a2ca44b0ed"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09d525d2ba30eeb3297665bd434a54297e4170c7f1a44cad4ef58095b4cd2028"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.36.1"
@@ -5784,6 +5835,12 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f4dd6dc7df2d84cf7b33822ed5b86318fb1781948e9663bacd047fc9dd52259d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40009d85759725a34da6d89a94e63d7bdc50a862acf0dbc7c8e488f1edcb6f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
 version = "0.10.1"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 1d927e322..984c31d8f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,9 +136,8 @@ features = [
 ]
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies.windows]
-version = "0.37.0"
+version = "0.42.0"
 features = [
-    "alloc",
     "Win32_Foundation",
     "Win32_Storage_FileSystem",
 	"Win32_System_SystemServices",