diff --git a/wslpluginapi-sys/Cargo.toml b/wslpluginapi-sys/Cargo.toml
index a28e6da..ee5d7a5 100644
--- a/wslpluginapi-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wslpluginapi-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct-field-names-as-array = { version = "0.3", features = [
   "derive",
 ], optional = true }
 
-[dependencies.windows]
+[dependencies.windows-sys]
 version = ">0.32"
 features = [
   "Win32_Foundation",
diff --git a/wslpluginapi-sys/build/WslPluginApi.rs b/wslpluginapi-sys/build/WslPluginApi.rs
index cbd22b3..ee2e4aa 100644
--- a/wslpluginapi-sys/build/WslPluginApi.rs
+++ b/wslpluginapi-sys/build/WslPluginApi.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* automatically generated by rust-bindgen 0.72.0 */
 
-use windows::core::*;
-use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
-use windows::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKET;
-use windows::Win32::Security::*;
+use windows_sys::core::*;
+use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::*;
+use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKET;
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use windows_sys::Win32::Security::*;
 #[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 type LPCWSTR = PCWSTR;
 #[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
diff --git a/wslpluginapi-sys/build/checksum.sha256 b/wslpluginapi-sys/build/checksum.sha256
index 873a81c..4d01c01 100644
--- a/wslpluginapi-sys/build/checksum.sha256
+++ b/wslpluginapi-sys/build/checksum.sha256
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 896ecb0b3b7e6467e6f4cda3b00201473ed7b7face1a31081671bc32b9e679d3  metadata.json
-b8f7209005250c821184da6a11eefc40a84bfc9d44a34cb9bbd1fc302d62e4b4  WslPluginApi.rs
+62b630c8c307ef6321c5ca698a79adaca3b6375575de62ebb2d007e73dfc15cc  WslPluginApi.rs
diff --git a/wslpluginapi-sys/src/lib.rs b/wslpluginapi-sys/src/lib.rs
index e8e513b..04a7f89 100644
--- a/wslpluginapi-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wslpluginapi-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
 mod bindgen;
 mod manual;
+/// Re-export the [windows_sys] crate for use in higher-level crates
+pub extern crate windows_sys;
 pub use crate::bindgen::*;
 pub use manual::*;
diff --git a/wslpluginapi-sys/src/manual.rs b/wslpluginapi-sys/src/manual.rs
index f4b5821..daa9a22 100644
--- a/wslpluginapi-sys/src/manual.rs
+++ b/wslpluginapi-sys/src/manual.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use crate::WSLPluginAPIV1;
-use windows::core::HRESULT;
-use windows::Win32::Foundation::{SEVERITY_ERROR, S_OK};
-use windows::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::{FACILITY_CODE, FACILITY_ITF};
+use windows_sys::core::HRESULT;
+use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::{SEVERITY_ERROR, S_OK};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::{FACILITY_CODE, FACILITY_ITF};
 
 #[inline(always)]
 const fn make_hresult(severity: u32, facility: FACILITY_CODE, code: u32) -> HRESULT {
-    HRESULT(((severity << 31) | (facility.0 << 16) | code) as i32)
+    ((severity << 31) | (facility << 16) | code) as HRESULT
 }
 
 pub const WSL_E_PLUGIN_REQUIRES_UPDATE: HRESULT =
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub const unsafe fn require_version(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::{WSLPluginAPIV1, WSLVersion};
-    use windows::Win32::Foundation::S_OK;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::S_OK;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_version_exact_match() {
diff --git a/xtask/src/header_processing.rs b/xtask/src/header_processing.rs
index 0df9e17..cc095ae 100644
--- a/xtask/src/header_processing.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/header_processing.rs
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ pub(crate) fn process<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     target: Option<&str>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<bindgen::Bindings> {
     let mut builder = bindgen::Builder::default()
-        .raw_line("use windows::core::*;")
-        .raw_line("use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;")
-        .raw_line("use windows::Win32::Security::*;")
-        .raw_line("use windows::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKET;")
+        .raw_line("use windows_sys::core::*;")
+        .raw_line("use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::*;")
+        .raw_line("#[allow(unused_imports)]")
+        .raw_line("use windows_sys::Win32::Security::*;")
+        .raw_line("use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKET;")
         .raw_line("#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)] type LPCWSTR = PCWSTR;")
         .raw_line("#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)] type LPCSTR = PCSTR;")
         .raw_line("#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)] type DWORD = u32;")