diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
index b912a4f930..b82668a2a3 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
@@ -3552,7 +3552,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "triggered",
  "which",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
- "winreg 0.51.0",
+ "winreg 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8030,16 +8030,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "937f3df7948156640f46aacef17a70db0de5917bda9c92b0f751f3a955b588fc"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
index 27ace31042..41765941e9 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ duct.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 once_cell = "1.16"
-winreg = { version = "0.51", features = ["transactions"] }
+winreg = { version = "0.52", features = ["transactions"] }
 
 nym-windows = { path = "../nym-windows" }
 nym-common = { path = "../nym-common" }