diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b9a68ae..77ad15a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
         rust:
           # Our minimal supported version
-          - '1.56.0'
+          - '1.64.0'
           # The standard Rust version
           - stable
     steps:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f422dc..7d09529 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Replace `winapi` with windows-rs, see [GH-7].
+- Bump MSRV to 1.64 as required by windows-rs, see [GH-7].
+
+[GH-7]: https://github.com/lunaryorn/gethostname.rs/pull/7
+
 ## [0.3.0] – 2022-10-09
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a587ca..af71bab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["gethostname", "DNS", "hostname"]
 categories = ["os", "api-bindings"]
+rust-version = "1.64"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 libc = "^0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winapi = { version = "^0.3", features = ["sysinfoapi"] }
+windows = { version = "0.43.0", features = [
+    "Win32_System_SystemInformation",
+    "Win32_Foundation",
+] }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f324f28..385a4c4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #![deny(warnings, missing_docs, clippy::all)]
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use std::io::Error;
 
 /// Get the standard host name for the current machine.
 ///
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ fn gethostname_impl() -> OsString {
         panic!(
             "gethostname failed: {}
     Please report an issue to <https://github.com/lunaryorn/gethostname.rs/issues>!",
-            Error::last_os_error()
+            std::io::Error::last_os_error()
         );
     }
     // We explicitly search for the trailing NUL byte and cap at the buffer
@@ -90,37 +89,45 @@ fn gethostname_impl() -> OsString {
 #[inline]
 fn gethostname_impl() -> OsString {
     use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStringExt;
-    use winapi::ctypes::{c_ulong, wchar_t};
-    use winapi::um::sysinfoapi::{ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname, GetComputerNameExW};
+    use windows::core::PWSTR;
+    use windows::Win32::System::SystemInformation::{
+        ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname, GetComputerNameExW,
+    };
 
-    let mut buffer_size: c_ulong = 0;
+    let mut buffer_size: u32 = 0;
 
     unsafe {
         // This call always fails with ERROR_MORE_DATA, because we pass NULL to
-        // get the required buffer size.
+        // get the required buffer size.  GetComputerNameExW then fills buffer_size with the size
+        // of the host name string plus a trailing zero byte.
         GetComputerNameExW(
             ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname,
-            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            PWSTR::null(),
             &mut buffer_size,
         )
     };
+    assert!(
+        0 < buffer_size,
+        "GetComputerNameExW did not provide buffer size"
+    );
 
-    let mut buffer = vec![0 as wchar_t; buffer_size as usize];
-    let returncode = unsafe {
+    let mut buffer = vec![0_u16; buffer_size as usize];
+    unsafe {
         GetComputerNameExW(
             ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname,
-            buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut wchar_t,
+            PWSTR::from_raw(buffer.as_mut_ptr()),
             &mut buffer_size,
         )
-    };
-    // GetComputerNameExW returns a non-zero value on success!
-    if returncode == 0 {
-        panic!(
-            "GetComputerNameExW failed to read hostname: {}
-Please report this issue to <https://github.com/lunaryorn/gethostname.rs/issues>!",
-            Error::last_os_error()
-        );
+        .expect(
+            "GetComputerNameExW failed to read hostname.
+        Please report this issue to <https://github.com/lunaryorn/gethostname.rs/issues>!",
+        )
     }
+    assert!(
+        // GetComputerNameExW returns the size _without_ the trailing zero byte on the second call
+        buffer_size as usize == buffer.len() - 1,
+        "GetComputerNameExW changed the buffer size unexpectedly"
+    );
 
     let end = buffer.iter().position(|&b| b == 0).unwrap_or(buffer.len());
     OsString::from_wide(&buffer[0..end])
@@ -137,6 +144,10 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("failed to get hostname");
         if output.status.success() {
             let hostname = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+            assert!(
+                !hostname.is_empty(),
+                "Failed to get hostname: hostname empty?"
+            );
             // Convert both sides to lowercase; hostnames are case-insensitive
             // anyway.
             assert_eq!(