diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00847f08..f8b22b97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ libc = "0.2.81"
 # for testing here.
 nt_version = "0.1.3"
 winapi = "0.3.9"
-winx = "0.22.0"
+winx = "0.23.0"
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/cap-primitives/Cargo.toml b/cap-primitives/Cargo.toml
index 58bfe4b4..efe080ee 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cap-primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ errno = "0.2.7"
 errno = "0.2.7"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winx = "0.22.0"
+winx = "0.23.0"
 winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = [
     "ioapiset",
     "winioctl"
diff --git a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/dir_utils.rs b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/dir_utils.rs
index 3b7eff38..78add7b6 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/dir_utils.rs
+++ b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/dir_utils.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use std::{
     },
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
+use winapi::um::winbase::FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS;
 use winapi::um::winnt;
-use winx::file::Flags;
 
 /// Rust's `Path` implicitly strips redundant slashes, however they aren't
 /// redundant in one case: at the end of a path they indicate that a path is
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_options() -> OpenOptions {
     OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
         .dir_required(true)
-        .custom_flags(Flags::FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS.bits())
+        .custom_flags(FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS)
         .share_mode(winnt::FILE_SHARE_READ | winnt::FILE_SHARE_WRITE)
         .clone()
 }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub(crate) fn readdir_options() -> OpenOptions {
 pub(crate) fn canonicalize_options() -> OpenOptions {
     OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
-        .custom_flags(Flags::FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS.bits())
+        .custom_flags(FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS)
         .clone()
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn open_ambient_dir_impl(path: &Path) -> io::Result<fs::File>
     // underneath us, since we use paths to implement many directory operations.
     let dir = fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
-        .custom_flags(Flags::FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS.bits())
+        .custom_flags(FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS)
         .share_mode(winnt::FILE_SHARE_READ | winnt::FILE_SHARE_WRITE)
         .open(&path)?;
 
diff --git a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/metadata_ext.rs b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/metadata_ext.rs
index 2036f384..3e1f44d7 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/metadata_ext.rs
+++ b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/metadata_ext.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
 
-use std::{fs, io};
+use std::{convert::TryInto, fs, io};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct MetadataExt {
@@ -38,17 +38,19 @@ impl MetadataExt {
 
         #[cfg(not(windows_by_handle))]
         if volume_serial_number.is_none() || number_of_links.is_none() || file_index.is_none() {
-            let fileinfo = winx::file::get_fileinfo(file)?;
+            let fileinfo = winapi_util::file::information(file)?;
             if volume_serial_number.is_none() {
-                volume_serial_number = Some(fileinfo.dwVolumeSerialNumber);
+                let t64: u64 = fileinfo.volume_serial_number();
+                let t32: u32 = t64.try_into().unwrap();
+                volume_serial_number = Some(t32);
             }
             if number_of_links.is_none() {
-                number_of_links = Some(fileinfo.nNumberOfLinks);
+                let t64: u64 = fileinfo.number_of_links();
+                let t32: u32 = t64.try_into().unwrap();
+                number_of_links = Some(t32);
             }
             if file_index.is_none() {
-                file_index = Some(
-                    (u64::from(fileinfo.nFileIndexHigh) << 32) | u64::from(fileinfo.nFileIndexLow),
-                );
+                file_index = Some(fileinfo.file_index());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/oflags.rs b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/oflags.rs
index 23cf0f99..8f8f8bb6 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/oflags.rs
+++ b/cap-primitives/src/windows/fs/oflags.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::fs::{FollowSymlinks, OpenOptions};
 use std::{fs, os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt};
-use winx::file::Flags;
+use winapi::um::winbase::{FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT};
 
 /// Translate the given `cap_std` into `std` options. Also return a bool
 /// indicating that the `trunc` flag was requested but could not be set,
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ pub(in super::super) fn open_options_to_std(opts: &OpenOptions) -> (fs::OpenOpti
                 manually_trunc = true;
                 trunc = false;
             }
-            opts.ext.custom_flags | Flags::FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT.bits()
+            opts.ext.custom_flags | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT
         }
     };
     if opts.maybe_dir {
-        custom_flags |= Flags::FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS.bits();
+        custom_flags |= FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS;
     }
     let mut std_opts = fs::OpenOptions::new();
     std_opts
diff --git a/cap-time-ext/Cargo.toml b/cap-time-ext/Cargo.toml
index b7a06961..cdd7ea19 100644
--- a/cap-time-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cap-time-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ posish = "0.5.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 once_cell = "1.5.2"
-winx = "0.22.0"
+winx = "0.23.0"
 
 [badges]
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }