diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1a1720b..4b19d103 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ desktop-systemd-scope = ["desktop", "dep:zbus"]
 # Enables keycode serialization
 serde-keycode = ["iced_core/serde"]
 # Prevents multiple separate process instances.
-single-instance = ["dep:zbus", "ron"]
+single-instance = ["zbus/blocking-api", "ron"]
 # smol async runtime
 smol = ["dep:smol", "iced/smol", "zbus?/async-io", "rfd?/async-std"]
 tokio = [
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.44.1", optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.12"
 url = "2.5.4"
-zbus = { version = "4.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+zbus = { version = "5.7.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 freedesktop-icons = { package = "cosmic-freedesktop-icons", git = "https://github.com/pop-os/freedesktop-icons" }
diff --git a/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
index 3fa7eb9d..a79237c8 100644
--- a/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ subscription = ["iced_futures"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cosmic-settings-daemon = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/dbus-settings-bindings", optional = true }
-zbus = { version = "4.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+zbus = { version = "5.7.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 atomicwrites = { git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/rust-atomicwrites" }
 calloop = { version = "0.14.2", optional = true }
 notify = "8.0.0"
diff --git a/src/dbus_activation.rs b/src/dbus_activation.rs
index 4fffa422..9880a7d0 100644
--- a/src/dbus_activation.rs
+++ b/src/dbus_activation.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn subscription<App: ApplicationExt>() -> Subscription<crate::Action<App::Me
         iced::stream::channel(10, move |mut output| async move {
             let mut single_instance: DbusActivation = DbusActivation::new();
             let mut rx = single_instance.rx();
-            if let Ok(builder) = zbus::ConnectionBuilder::session() {
+            if let Ok(builder) = zbus::connection::Builder::session() {
                 let path: String = format!("/{}", App::APP_ID.replace('.', "/"));
                 if let Ok(conn) = builder.build().await {
                     // XXX Setup done this way seems to be more reliable.