diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 89b4d5a0f..233c99b7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5398,7 +5398,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha256",
  "simd-json",
  "simdutf8",
- "simple-expand-tilde",
+ "simple-home-dir",
  "sled",
  "smallvec",
  "snap",
@@ -6471,20 +6471,11 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simple-expand-tilde"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d1c0c40a0159680f204592e46b3fcd6fe6dae02adad57e94534e1f642318b396"
-dependencies = [
- "simple-home-dir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "simple-home-dir"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d80554cb5ec21f0163f142f4078427aaa5a93d40e87e9ad2b6b8392c26e20f8"
+checksum = "d50f2938e12058068c9bb06ff39c57937befe678ebb8ab2eaf6c9b7559bbbd14"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19dabd01c..fec26740a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ semver = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde_urlencoded = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
-simple-expand-tilde = "0.4"
+simple-home-dir = "0.4"
 sled = { version = "0.34", optional = true }
 smallvec = "1"
 snap = "1"
diff --git a/src/cmd/fetch.rs b/src/cmd/fetch.rs
index d92b87526..5e84aa733 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/fetch.rs
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ use reqwest::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use simple_expand_tilde::expand_tilde;
 use url::Url;
+use util::expand_tilde;
 
 use crate::{
     config::{Config, Delimiter},
diff --git a/src/cmd/fetchpost.rs b/src/cmd/fetchpost.rs
index 1a7977dd6..71e1fb587 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetchpost.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/fetchpost.rs
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ use reqwest::{
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use simple_expand_tilde::expand_tilde;
 use url::Url;
+use util::expand_tilde;
 
 use crate::{
     cmd::fetch::{
diff --git a/src/cmd/geocode.rs b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
index 4b925ae18..8a8e2649c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/geocode.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ use rayon::{
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
-use simple_expand_tilde::expand_tilde;
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 use url::Url;
+use util::expand_tilde;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
diff --git a/src/cmd/luau.rs b/src/cmd/luau.rs
index 8ddabc28b..e0dcba7b2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/luau.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/luau.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ use log::{debug, info, log_enabled};
 use mlua::{Lua, LuaSerdeExt, Value};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
-// use simple_expand_tilde::expand_tilde;
 use crate::{
     config::{Config, Delimiter, DEFAULT_WTR_BUFFER_CAPACITY},
     lookup, util, CliError, CliResult,
diff --git a/src/lookup.rs b/src/lookup.rs
index dc939ad21..0a0763f6a 100644
--- a/src/lookup.rs
+++ b/src/lookup.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 use log::{debug, info};
 use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 use serde_json::Value;
-use simple_expand_tilde::expand_tilde;
+use util::expand_tilde;
 
 use crate::{util, CliError};
 
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index ff71b4fe0..48311e6d3 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -2255,6 +2255,25 @@ pub fn optimal_batch_size(rconfig: &Config, batch_size: usize, num_jobs: usize)
     }
 }
 
+/// Expand the tilde (`~`) from within the provided path.
+/// copied from /~https://github.com/splurf/simple-expand-tilde
+/// as it was just a small wrapper around simple_home_dir
+pub fn expand_tilde(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let p = path.as_ref();
+
+    let expanded = if p.starts_with("~") {
+        let mut base = simple_home_dir::home_dir()?;
+
+        if !p.ends_with("~") {
+            base.extend(p.components().skip(1));
+        }
+        base
+    } else {
+        p.to_path_buf()
+    };
+    Some(expanded)
+}
+
 // comment out for now as this is still WIP
 // pub fn create_json_record(
 //     no_headers: bool,