diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 215ef4cb4..b9f880343 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ clean-test: FORCE
 	rm -fr .pytest_cache
 	rm -rf typings/
 
-typings/appdirs:
-	@echo "Creating appdirs stubs"
-	pyright --createstub appdirs
 typings/folium:
 	@echo "Creating folium stubs"
 	pyright --createstub folium
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ typings/matplotlib/__init__.pyi:
 	mv typings/python-type-stubs/stubs/matplotlib typings/
 	rm -rf typings/python-type-stubs
 
-pyright-typings: typings/appdirs typings/folium typings/uvicorn typings/seaborn typings/matplotlib/__init__.pyi
+pyright-typings: typings/folium typings/uvicorn typings/seaborn typings/matplotlib/__init__.pyi
 
 check: check-format check-lint check-types check-tests  ## check code, style, types, and test (basic CI)
 check-fix: format check-lint check-types check-tests ## check and format code, style, types, and test
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a5ef7e76..4dbcd5f47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "markdown-it-py>=1.1.0",
     "mdit-py-plugins>=0.3.0",
     "linkify-it-py>=1.0",
-    "appdirs>=1.4.4",
+    "platformdirs>=2.1.0",
     "asgiref>=3.5.2",
     "packaging>=20.9",
     "watchfiles>=0.18.0;platform_system!='Emscripten'",
diff --git a/shiny/_static.py b/shiny/_static.py
index 96d00c6ef..17f10c2c9 100644
--- a/shiny/_static.py
+++ b/shiny/_static.py
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ def remove_shinylive_local(
 
 
 def get_default_shinylive_dir() -> Path:
-    import appdirs
-
-    return (
-        Path(
-            appdirs.user_cache_dir(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType, reportUnknownArgumentType]
-                "shiny"
-            )
-        )
-        / "shinylive"
-    )
+    import platformdirs
+
+    user_cache_dir = platformdirs.user_cache_dir("shinylive")
+    return Path(user_cache_dir) / "shinylive"
 
 
 def _installed_shinylive_versions(shinylive_dir: Optional[Path] = None) -> list[str]: