diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed82e9aa7..0a07c7398 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ version = "0.0.28"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "tempfile",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ name = "uu_expand"
 version = "0.0.28"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ name = "uu_fmt"
 version = "0.0.28"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "nix",
  "unicode-segmentation",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "self_cell",
  "tempfile",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3468,7 +3468,7 @@ name = "uu_unexpand"
 version = "0.0.28"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "thiserror 2.0.6",
- "unicode-width 0.1.13",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index caa233802..a4f8462e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ textwrap = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["terminal_size"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.3"
 time = { version = "0.3.36" }
 unicode-segmentation = "1.11.0"
-unicode-width = "0.1.12"
+unicode-width = "0.2.0"
 utf-8 = "0.7.6"
 utmp-classic = "0.1.6"
 walkdir = "2.5"