diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index c1a8800421a6..fc16f5ba8a43 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ import Process._
 import Modes._
 import ScaladocGeneration._
 import com.jsuereth.sbtpgp.PgpKeys
-import sbt.Keys._
-import sbt._
-import complete.DefaultParsers._
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.Keys._
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.MappingsHelper.directory
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.universal.UniversalPlugin
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.universal.UniversalPlugin.autoImport.Universal
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.windows.WindowsPlugin
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.windows.WindowsPlugin.autoImport.Windows
+import sbt.Keys.*
+import sbt.*
+import complete.DefaultParsers.*
 import pl.project13.scala.sbt.JmhPlugin
 import pl.project13.scala.sbt.JmhPlugin.JmhKeys.Jmh
 import sbt.Package.ManifestAttributes
@@ -16,8 +22,6 @@ import dotty.tools.sbtplugin.RepublishPlugin
 import dotty.tools.sbtplugin.RepublishPlugin.autoImport._
 import sbt.plugins.SbtPlugin
 import sbt.ScriptedPlugin.autoImport._
-import xerial.sbt.pack.PackPlugin
-import xerial.sbt.pack.PackPlugin.autoImport._
 import xerial.sbt.Sonatype.autoImport._
 import com.typesafe.tools.mima.plugin.MimaPlugin.autoImport._
 import org.scalajs.sbtplugin.ScalaJSPlugin
@@ -2121,18 +2125,20 @@ object Build {
   )
 
   lazy val commonDistSettings = Seq(
-    packMain := Map(),
     publishArtifact := false,
-    packGenerateMakefile := false,
     republishRepo := target.value / "republish",
-    packResourceDir += (republishRepo.value / "bin" -> "bin"),
-    packResourceDir += (republishRepo.value / "maven2" -> "maven2"),
-    Compile / pack := (Compile / pack).dependsOn(republish).value,
+    Universal / packageName := packageName.value,
+    Universal / stage := (Universal / stage).dependsOn(republish).value,
+    Universal / packageBin := (Universal / packageBin).dependsOn(republish).value,
+    // ========
+    Universal / mappings ++= directory(republishRepo.value / "bin"),
+    Universal / mappings ++= (Compile / dependencyClasspathAsJars).value.map(jar => jar.data -> s"lib/${jar.data.getName}"),
+    Universal / mappings ++= directory(republishRepo.value / "maven2"),
   )
 
   lazy val dist = project.asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .settings(packageName := "scala3-" + dottyVersion)
     .settings(
-      packArchiveName := "scala3-" + dottyVersion,
       republishBinDir := baseDirectory.value / "bin",
       republishCoursier +=
         ("coursier.jar" -> s"https://github.com/coursier/coursier/releases/download/v$coursierJarVersion/coursier.jar"),
@@ -2141,9 +2147,9 @@ object Build {
     )
 
   lazy val `dist-mac-x86_64` = project.in(file("dist/mac-x86_64")).asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .settings(packageName := (dist / packageName).value + "-x86_64-apple-darwin")
     .settings(
       republishBinDir := (dist / republishBinDir).value,
-      packArchiveName := (dist / packArchiveName).value + "-x86_64-apple-darwin",
       republishBinOverrides += (dist / baseDirectory).value / "bin-native-overrides",
       republishFetchCoursier := (dist / republishFetchCoursier).value,
       republishLaunchers +=
@@ -2151,9 +2157,9 @@ object Build {
     )
 
   lazy val `dist-mac-aarch64` = project.in(file("dist/mac-aarch64")).asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .settings(packageName := (dist / packageName).value + "-aarch64-apple-darwin")
     .settings(
       republishBinDir := (dist / republishBinDir).value,
-      packArchiveName := (dist / packArchiveName).value + "-aarch64-apple-darwin",
       republishBinOverrides += (dist / baseDirectory).value / "bin-native-overrides",
       republishFetchCoursier := (dist / republishFetchCoursier).value,
       republishLaunchers +=
@@ -2161,21 +2167,32 @@ object Build {
     )
 
   lazy val `dist-win-x86_64` = project.in(file("dist/win-x86_64")).asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .enablePlugins(WindowsPlugin) // TO GENERATE THE `.msi` installer
+    .settings(packageName := (dist / packageName).value + "-x86_64-pc-win32")
     .settings(
       republishBinDir := (dist / republishBinDir).value,
-      packArchiveName := (dist / packArchiveName).value + "-x86_64-pc-win32",
       republishBinOverrides += (dist / baseDirectory).value / "bin-native-overrides",
       republishFetchCoursier := (dist / republishFetchCoursier).value,
       republishExtraProps += ("cli_version" -> scalaCliLauncherVersion),
-      mappings += (republishRepo.value / "etc" / "EXTRA_PROPERTIES" -> "EXTRA_PROPERTIES"),
       republishLaunchers +=
         ("scala-cli.exe" -> s"zip+https://github.com/VirtusLab/scala-cli/releases/download/v$scalaCliLauncherVersionWindows/scala-cli-x86_64-pc-win32.zip!/scala-cli.exe")
     )
+    .settings(
+      Universal / mappings += (republishRepo.value / "etc" / "EXTRA_PROPERTIES" -> "EXTRA_PROPERTIES"),
+    )
+    .settings(
+      Windows / mappings := (Universal / mappings).value,
+      maintainer := "Josh Suereth <joshua.suereth@typesafe.com>",
+      packageSummary := "test-windows",
+      packageDescription := """Test Windows MSI.""",
+      wixProductId := "ce07be71-510d-414a-92d4-dff47631848a",
+      wixProductUpgradeId := "4552fb0e-e257-4dbd-9ecb-dba9dbacf424"
+    )
 
   lazy val `dist-linux-x86_64` = project.in(file("dist/linux-x86_64")).asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .settings(packageName := (dist / packageName).value + "-x86_64-pc-linux")
     .settings(
       republishBinDir := (dist / republishBinDir).value,
-      packArchiveName := (dist / packArchiveName).value + "-x86_64-pc-linux",
       republishBinOverrides += (dist / baseDirectory).value / "bin-native-overrides",
       republishFetchCoursier := (dist / republishFetchCoursier).value,
       republishLaunchers +=
@@ -2183,9 +2200,9 @@ object Build {
     )
 
   lazy val `dist-linux-aarch64` = project.in(file("dist/linux-aarch64")).asDist(Bootstrapped)
+    .settings(packageName := (dist / packageName).value + "-aarch64-pc-linux")
     .settings(
       republishBinDir := (dist / republishBinDir).value,
-      packArchiveName := (dist / packArchiveName).value + "-aarch64-pc-linux",
       republishBinOverrides += (dist / baseDirectory).value / "bin-native-overrides",
       republishFetchCoursier := (dist / republishFetchCoursier).value,
       republishLaunchers +=
@@ -2323,7 +2340,7 @@ object Build {
       settings(scala3PresentationCompilerBuildInfo)
 
     def asDist(implicit mode: Mode): Project = project.
-      enablePlugins(PackPlugin, RepublishPlugin).
+      enablePlugins(UniversalPlugin, RepublishPlugin).
       withCommonSettings.
       settings(commonDistSettings).
       dependsOn(
@@ -2419,7 +2436,6 @@ object ScaladocConfigs {
   }
 
   lazy val DefaultGenerationConfig = Def.task {
-    def distLocation = (dist / Compile / pack).value
     DefaultGenerationSettings.value
   }
 
diff --git a/project/RepublishPlugin.scala b/project/RepublishPlugin.scala
index 537c82d62cce..b8afcbb0e7e5 100644
--- a/project/RepublishPlugin.scala
+++ b/project/RepublishPlugin.scala
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 package dotty.tools.sbtplugin
 
-import sbt._
-import xerial.sbt.pack.PackPlugin
-import sbt.Keys._
+import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.universal.UniversalPlugin
+import sbt.*
+import sbt.Keys.*
 import sbt.AutoPlugin
 import sbt.PublishBinPlugin
-import sbt.PublishBinPlugin.autoImport._
+import sbt.PublishBinPlugin.autoImport.*
 import sbt.io.Using
-import sbt.util.CacheImplicits._
+import sbt.util.CacheImplicits.*
 
-import scala.collection.mutable
 import java.nio.file.Files
-
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
-import java.nio.file.{Files, Path}
-
-import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
 
 /** This local plugin provides ways of publishing a project classpath and library dependencies to
  * .a local repository */
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ object RepublishPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   }
 
   override def trigger = allRequirements
-  override def requires = super.requires && PublishBinPlugin && PackPlugin
+  override def requires = super.requires && PublishBinPlugin && UniversalPlugin
 
   object autoImport {
     val republishProjectRefs = taskKey[Seq[ProjectRef]]("fetch the classpath deps from the project.")
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 59e58007a4a0..96f767726315 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.21")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
 
-addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-pack" % "0.17")
-
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.4.5")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
@@ -21,3 +19,5 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-tasty-mima" % "1.0.0")
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.7.6")