diff --git a/os_faults/__init__.py b/os_faults/__init__.py
index a3f72a3..392e13a 100644
--- a/os_faults/__init__.py
+++ b/os_faults/__init__.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 import copy
 import os
 
-import appdirs
 import jsonschema
 import logging
 import pbr.version
+import platformdirs
 import yaml
 
 from os_faults.ansible import executor
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ def get_release():
     return pbr.version.VersionInfo('os_faults').release_string()
 
 
-APPDIRS = appdirs.AppDirs(appname='openstack', appauthor='OpenStack')
+PLATFORMDIRS = platformdirs.PlatformDirs(appname='openstack',
+                                         appauthor='OpenStack')
 UNIX_SITE_CONFIG_HOME = '/etc/openstack'
 CONFIG_SEARCH_PATH = [
     os.getcwd(),
-    APPDIRS.user_config_dir,
+    PLATFORMDIRS.user_config_dir,
     UNIX_SITE_CONFIG_HOME,
 ]
 CONFIG_FILES = [
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 08409f4..128c344 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pbr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
-appdirs>=1.3.0 # MIT License
+platformdirs>=3 # MIT License
 click>=6.7 # BSD
 iso8601>=0.1.11 # MIT
 jsonschema>=2.6.0 # MIT