diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a788a8744..e17f84fd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 4.0.17",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
- "winapi",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index de504f8c5..ffca6d3a4 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ uucore = { version=">=0.0.16", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 libc = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["minwinbase", "sysinfoapi", "minwindef"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.42.0", default-features = false, features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_System_SystemInformation"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "date"
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 43b54898d..076cdbf43 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use winapi::{
-    shared::minwindef::WORD,
-    um::{minwinbase::SYSTEMTIME, sysinfoapi::SetSystemTime},
-};
+use windows_sys::Win32::{Foundation::SYSTEMTIME, System::SystemInformation::SetSystemTime};
 
 // Options
 const DATE: &str = "date";
@@ -409,16 +406,16 @@ fn set_system_datetime(date: DateTime<Utc>) -> UResult<()> {
 /// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/minwinbase/ns-minwinbase-systemtime
 fn set_system_datetime(date: DateTime<Utc>) -> UResult<()> {
     let system_time = SYSTEMTIME {
-        wYear: date.year() as WORD,
-        wMonth: date.month() as WORD,
+        wYear: date.year() as u16,
+        wMonth: date.month() as u16,
         // Ignored
         wDayOfWeek: 0,
-        wDay: date.day() as WORD,
-        wHour: date.hour() as WORD,
-        wMinute: date.minute() as WORD,
-        wSecond: date.second() as WORD,
+        wDay: date.day() as u16,
+        wHour: date.hour() as u16,
+        wMinute: date.minute() as u16,
+        wSecond: date.second() as u16,
         // TODO: be careful of leap seconds - valid range is [0, 999] - how to handle?
-        wMilliseconds: ((date.nanosecond() / 1_000_000) % 1000) as WORD,
+        wMilliseconds: ((date.nanosecond() / 1_000_000) % 1000) as u16,
     };
 
     let result = unsafe { SetSystemTime(&system_time) };