diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b68563..64a9410 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "crossterm",
  "directories",
+ "dunce",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "relative-path",
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -375,6 +376,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "litrs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dunce"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92773504d58c093f6de2459af4af33faa518c13451eb8f2b5698ed3d36e7c813"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1074,7 +1081,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 75d6799..656c071 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ test-log = "0.2.18"
 cargo_metadata = "0.21.0"
 cargo-util-schemas = "0.8.2"
 semver = "1.0.26"
+dunce = "1.0.5"
 
 # This crate MUST NEVER be upgraded, we need this particular "first" version to support old rust-gpu builds
 legacy_target_specs = { package = "rustc_codegen_spirv-target-specs", version = "0.9.0", features = ["include_str"] }
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-gpu/Cargo.toml
index 8ef4a6c..8de68b2 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 crossterm.workspace = true
 semver.workspace = true
+dunce.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-log.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/build.rs b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/build.rs
index 1bb5078..2a7f158 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-gpu/src/build.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-gpu/src/build.rs
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ impl Build {
             self.build.output_dir.display()
         );
         std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.build.output_dir)?;
-        let canonicalized = self.build.output_dir.canonicalize()?;
+        let canonicalized = dunce::canonicalize(&self.build.output_dir)?;
         log::debug!("canonicalized output dir: {}", canonicalized.display());
         self.build.output_dir = canonicalized;
 
         // Ensure the shader crate exists
-        self.install.shader_crate = self.install.shader_crate.canonicalize()?;
+        self.install.shader_crate = dunce::canonicalize(&self.install.shader_crate)?;
         anyhow::ensure!(
             self.install.shader_crate.exists(),
             "shader crate '{}' does not exist. (Current dir is '{}')",