diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c404042f67..49c859ed2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - Use bat's ANSI iterator during tab expansion, see #2998 (@eth-p)
 - Support 'statically linked binary' for aarch64 in 'Release' page, see #2992 (@tzq0301)
 - Update options in shell completions and the man page of `bat`, see #2995 (@akinomyoga)
+- Update clircle dependency to remove winapi transitive dependency, see #3113 (@niklasmohrin)
 
 ## Syntaxes
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42db6b5fe7..c6be017bf3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -273,15 +273,12 @@ checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0b92245ea62a7a751db4b0e4a583f8978e508077ef6de24fcc0d0dc5311a8d"
+checksum = "7d9334f725b46fb9bed8580b9b47a932587e044fadb344ed7fa98774b067ac1a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "winapi",
+ "windows",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1540,6 +1537,59 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1de69df01bdf1ead2f4ac895dc77c9351aefff65b2f3db429a343f9cbf05e132"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4698e52ed2d08f8658ab0c39512a7c00ee5fe2688c65f8c0a4f06750d729f2a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6fc35f58ecd95a9b71c4f2329b911016e6bec66b3f2e6a4aad86bd2e99e2f9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08990546bf4edef8f431fa6326e032865f27138718c587dc21bc0265bbcb57cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e383302e8ec8515204254685643de10811af0ed97ea37210dc26fb0032647f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
@@ -1564,7 +1614,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1599,17 +1649,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a18201040b24831fbb9e4eb208f8892e1f50a37feb53cc7ff887feb8f50e7cd"
+checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.0",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.0",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.0",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.0",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.0",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.0",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.0",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1626,9 +1677,9 @@ checksum = "91ae572e1b79dba883e0d315474df7305d12f569b400fcf90581b06062f7e1bc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cb7764e35d4db8a7921e09562a0304bf2f93e0a51bfccee0bd0bb0b666b015ea"
+checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
@@ -1644,9 +1695,9 @@ checksum = "b2ef27e0d7bdfcfc7b868b317c1d32c641a6fe4629c171b8928c7b08d98d7cf3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbaa0368d4f1d2aaefc55b6fcfee13f41544ddf36801e793edbbfd7d7df075ef"
+checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
@@ -1662,9 +1713,15 @@ checksum = "622a1962a7db830d6fd0a69683c80a18fda201879f0f447f065a3b7467daa241"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a28637cb1fa3560a16915793afb20081aba2c92ee8af57b4d5f28e4b3e7df313"
+checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
@@ -1680,9 +1737,9 @@ checksum = "4542c6e364ce21bf45d69fdd2a8e455fa38d316158cfd43b3ac1c5b1b19f8e00"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffe5e8e31046ce6230cc7215707b816e339ff4d4d67c65dffa206fd0f7aa7b9a"
+checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
@@ -1698,9 +1755,9 @@ checksum = "ca2b8a661f7628cbd23440e50b05d705db3686f894fc9580820623656af974b1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d6fa32db2bc4a2f5abeacf2b69f7992cd09dca97498da74a151a3132c26befd"
+checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
@@ -1716,9 +1773,9 @@ checksum = "7896dbc1f41e08872e9d5e8f8baa8fdd2677f29468c4e156210174edc7f7b953"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a657e1e9d3f514745a572a6846d3c7aa7dbe1658c056ed9c3344c4109a6949e"
+checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
@@ -1734,9 +1791,9 @@ checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dff9641d1cd4be8d1a070daf9e3773c5f67e78b4d9d42263020c057706765c04"
+checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5ef6af97e..62ca0fecf3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.28"
 semver = "1.0"
 path_abs = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
-clircle = "0.5"
+clircle = { version = "0.6.1", default-features = false }
 bugreport = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 etcetera = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 grep-cli = { version = "0.1.10", optional = true }