diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d71aed9..780419c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.9.2",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.0",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "sysinfo",
  "uucore",
- "windows 0.60.0",
+ "windows 0.61.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1410,12 +1410,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
-version = "0.60.0"
+version = "0.61.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddf874e74c7a99773e62b1c671427abf01a425e77c3d3fb9fb1e4883ea934529"
+checksum = "c5ee8f3d025738cb02bad7868bbb5f8a6327501e870bf51f1b455b0a2454a419"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-collections",
- "windows-core 0.60.1",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-future",
  "windows-link",
  "windows-numerics",
@@ -1423,11 +1423,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-collections"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5467f79cc1ba3f52ebb2ed41dbb459b8e7db636cc3429458d9a852e15bc24dec"
+checksum = "3beeceb5e5cfd9eb1d76b381630e82c4241ccd0d27f1a39ed41b2760b255c5e8"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core 0.60.1",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1453,24 +1453,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.60.1"
+version = "0.61.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca21a92a9cae9bf4ccae5cf8368dce0837100ddf6e6d57936749e85f152f6247"
+checksum = "4763c1de310c86d75a878046489e2e5ba02c649d185f21c67d4cf8a56d098980"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-implement 0.59.0",
- "windows-interface 0.59.0",
+ "windows-implement 0.60.0",
+ "windows-interface 0.59.1",
  "windows-link",
- "windows-result 0.3.1",
+ "windows-result 0.3.2",
  "windows-strings",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-future"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a787db4595e7eb80239b74ce8babfb1363d8e343ab072f2ffe901400c03349f0"
+checksum = "7a1d6bbefcb7b60acd19828e1bc965da6fcf18a7e39490c5f8be71e54a19ba32"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core 0.60.1",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
@@ -1487,9 +1487,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
-version = "0.59.0"
+version = "0.60.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83577b051e2f49a058c308f17f273b570a6a758386fc291b5f6a934dd84e48c1"
+checksum = "a47fddd13af08290e67f4acabf4b459f647552718f683a7b415d290ac744a836"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1509,9 +1509,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-interface"
-version = "0.59.0"
+version = "0.59.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cb26fd936d991781ea39e87c3a27285081e3c0da5ca0fcbc02d368cc6f52ff01"
+checksum = "bd9211b69f8dcdfa817bfd14bf1c97c9188afa36f4750130fcdf3f400eca9fa8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1520,17 +1520,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6dccfd733ce2b1753b03b6d3c65edf020262ea35e20ccdf3e288043e6dd620e3"
+checksum = "76840935b766e1b0a05c0066835fb9ec80071d4c09a16f6bd5f7e655e3c14c38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-numerics"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "005dea54e2f6499f2cee279b8f703b3cf3b5734a2d8d21867c8f44003182eeed"
+checksum = "9150af68066c4c5c07ddc0ce30421554771e528bde427614c61038bc2c92c2b1"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core 0.60.1",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
@@ -1545,18 +1545,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06374efe858fab7e4f881500e6e86ec8bc28f9462c47e5a9941a0142ad86b189"
+checksum = "c64fd11a4fd95df68efcfee5f44a294fe71b8bc6a91993e2791938abcc712252"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-strings"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87fa48cc5d406560701792be122a10132491cff9d0aeb23583cc2dcafc847319"
+checksum = "7a2ba9642430ee452d5a7aa78d72907ebe8cfda358e8cb7918a2050581322f97"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37cbb449..af100e59 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ textwrap = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["terminal_size"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.4"
 uucore = "0.0.30"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
-windows = { version = "0.60.0" }
+windows = { version = "0.61.1" }
 windows-sys = { version = "0.59.0", default-features = false }
 xattr = "1.3.1"
 
diff --git a/src/uu/free/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/free/Cargo.toml
index d4dac6e4..633425e9 100644
--- a/src/uu/free/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/free/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ repository = "https://github.com/uutils/procps/tree/main/src/uu/free"
 keywords = ["acl", "uutils", "cross-platform", "cli", "utility"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 
-
 [dependencies]
-uucore = { workspace = true }
-clap = { workspace = true }
 bytesize = { workspace = true }
-
+clap = { workspace = true }
 sysinfo = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true }
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os="windows")'.dependencies]
 windows = { workspace = true, features = ["Wdk_System_SystemInformation", "Win32_System_ProcessStatus", "Win32_System_SystemInformation"] }
 
 [lib]