diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a57071f..ae57398f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 members = ["binding-generator"]
 
 [dependencies]
-half = { version = "2", optional = true }
+# todo: MSRV, allow version to go 2.5.0 and above when MSRV is 1.81.0
+half = { version = "2, <2.5.0", optional = true }
 libc = "0.2"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ once_cell = "1"
 rgb = { version = "0.8.20", features = ["argb"], optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.60", features = ["Win32_Graphics_Direct3D9", "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D10", "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11"] }
+windows = { version = "0.61", features = ["Win32_Graphics_Direct3D9", "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D10", "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 opencv-binding-generator = { version = "0.95.0", path = "binding-generator" }