diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 225d787..d79db91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -109,16 +109,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-next"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "dirs-sys-next",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -131,17 +121,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys-next"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_users",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -175,6 +154,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de48cc4d1c1d97a20fd819def54b890cadde72ed3ad0c614822a0a433361be96"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -670,7 +659,7 @@ name = "rustypaste-cli"
 version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "colored",
- "dirs-next",
+ "etcetera",
  "getopts",
  "indicatif",
  "multipart",
@@ -1089,26 +1078,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "winapi"
-version = "0.3.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
- "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
-version = "0.4.0"
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
@@ -1137,6 +1110,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.53.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.48.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2fc6b2f..fd2b573 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use-native-certs = ["ureq/native-certs"]
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "1.1.0"
-dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.18"
 getopts = "0.2.24"
 ureq = { version = "2.12.1", features = ["json"] }
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ colored = "3.1.1"
 url = "2.5.8"
 indicatif = "0.18.4"
 shellexpand = "3.1.2"
+etcetera = "0.11.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 5f7571e..8af52c0 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use crate::args::Args;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fs;
-#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
 /// Configuration values.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -96,22 +94,6 @@ impl Config {
             };
         };
     }
-
-    /// Find a special config path on macOS.
-    ///
-    /// The `dirs-next` crate ignores the `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` env var on macOS and only considers
-    /// `Library/Application Support` as the config dir, which is primarily used by GUI apps.
-    ///
-    /// This function determines the config path and honors the `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` env var.
-    /// If it is not set, it will fall back to `~/.config`
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-    pub(crate) fn retrieve_xdg_config_on_macos(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        let config_dir = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").map_or_else(
-            |_| dirs_next::home_dir().unwrap_or_default().join(".config"),
-            PathBuf::from,
-        );
-        config_dir.join("rustypaste")
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7fcce80..d3893b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::upload::Uploader;
 use colored::Colorize;
+use etcetera::BaseStrategy;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::io::{self, Read};
@@ -30,14 +31,26 @@ pub fn run(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
     if let Some(ref config_path) = args.config {
         config = toml::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(config_path)?)?
     } else {
+        // cannot panic - see https://github.com/lunacookies/etcetera/issues/42
+        let strategy = etcetera::choose_base_strategy()
+            .expect("cannot determine current OS's default strategy (layout)");
         for path in [
-            dirs_next::home_dir().map(|p| p.join(".rustypaste").join(CONFIG_FILE)),
+            strategy.config_dir().join("rustypaste").join(CONFIG_FILE),
+            // paths for backwards compatibility
+            #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+            strategy
+                .home_dir()
+                .to_path_buf()
+                .join(".rustypaste")
+                .join(CONFIG_FILE),
             #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-            Some(config.retrieve_xdg_config_on_macos().join(CONFIG_FILE)),
-            dirs_next::config_dir().map(|p| p.join("rustypaste").join(CONFIG_FILE)),
+            strategy
+                .home_dir()
+                .to_path_buf()
+                .join("Library/Application Support/rustypaste")
+                .join(CONFIG_FILE),
         ]
         .iter()
-        .filter_map(|v| v.as_ref())
         {
             if path.exists() {
                 config = toml::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(path)?)?;