diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3bd175ed1b..7d42c76130 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "globset",
  "heck 0.5.0",
- "home",
+ "homedir",
  "humantime",
  "indenter",
  "indexmap 2.7.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd16cecf41..e3fcb5319f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ digest = "0.10.7"
 dotenvy = "0.15"
 duct = "0.13"
 either = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
+homedir = "0.3"
 # expr-lang = { path = "../expr-lang" }
 expr-lang = "0.2"
 eyre = "0.6"
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ git2 = "<1"
 glob = "0.3"
 globset = "0.4"
 heck = "0.5"
-home = "0.5"
 humantime = "2"
 indenter = "0.3"
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/env.rs b/src/env.rs
index 8dd8e0d255..21288afa8e 100644
--- a/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/env.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ pub static SHELL: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| var("COMSPEC").unwrap_or_else(|_|
 pub static HOME: Lazy<PathBuf> =
     Lazy::new(|| PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("test"));
 #[cfg(not(test))]
-pub static HOME: Lazy<PathBuf> =
-    Lazy::new(|| home::home_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("/")));
+pub static HOME: Lazy<PathBuf> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    homedir::my_home()
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("/"))
+});
 
 pub static EDITOR: Lazy<String> =
     Lazy::new(|| var("VISUAL").unwrap_or_else(|_| var("EDITOR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "nano".into())));