diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 586a293b86b..13baf4cc878 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1210,16 +1210,16 @@ version = "4.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.3.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
-version = "4.0.0"
+version = "5.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
+checksum = "dece029acd3353e3a58ac2e3eb3c8d6c35827a892edc6cc4138ef9c33df46ecd"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1233,6 +1233,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04414300db88f70d74c5ff54e50f9e1d1737d9a5b90f53fcf2e95ca2a9ab554b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index c3c0b8764b2..c498528364d 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@ skip-tree = [
     # Wait until `orchard` updates `aes`, which depends on `cipher`
     { name = "cipher", version = "=0.3.0" },
 
-
     # wait for zcash_primitives to remove duplicated dependencies
     { name = "block-buffer", version = "=0.7.3" },
     { name = "block-buffer", version = "=0.9.0" },
 
     # wait for zcash_address to upgrade
     { name = "bech32", version = "=0.8.1"},
+    
+    # wait for zcash_proofs to upgrade `directories`
+    { name = "dirs-sys", version = "=0.3.6"},
 
     # zebra-utils dependencies
 
diff --git a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
index 5f5b9830e67..dcafff590b4 100644
--- a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ elasticsearch = [
 [dependencies]
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.24", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
-dirs = "4.0.0"
+dirs = "5.0.0"
 futures = "0.3.27"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 indexmap = "1.9.2"
diff --git a/zebrad/Cargo.toml b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
index a79f060a30b..3e4f1e6955a 100644
--- a/zebrad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 
 metrics = "0.20.1"
 
-dirs = "4.0.0"
+dirs = "5.0.0"
 atty = "0.2.14"
 
 num-integer = "0.1.45"