diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4283e9f7..84106a9a1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.8.1
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5
 	github.com/edwvee/exiffix v0.0.0-20240229113213-0dbb146775be
-	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus v0.0.0-20250518163929-5e5bfb2bd2f2
 	github.com/kovidgoyal/imaging v1.6.4
 	github.com/seancfoley/ipaddress-go v1.7.1
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb193962e..a364c8f44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ github.com/edwvee/exiffix v0.0.0-20240229113213-0dbb146775be h1:FNPYI8/ifKGW7kdB
 github.com/edwvee/exiffix v0.0.0-20240229113213-0dbb146775be/go.mod h1:G3dK5MziX9e4jUa8PWjowCOPCcyQwxsZ5a0oYA73280=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 h1:/Fpf6oFPoeFik9ty7siob0G6Ke8QvQEuVcuChpwXzpY=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 h1:4KLkAxT3aOY8Li4FRJe/KvhoNFFxo0m6fNuFUO8QJUk=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
@@ -30,6 +28,10 @@ github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSo
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 h1:0E5MSMDEoAulmXNFquVs//DdoomxaoTY1kUhbc/qbZg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
+github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus v0.0.0-20250518162316-472d38549895 h1:CQ+iKunklzE89I7C/AtXXltUhokfDNwL4rlst4AFQ9Q=
+github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus v0.0.0-20250518162316-472d38549895/go.mod h1:RbNG3Q1g6GUy1/WzWVx+S24m7VKyvl57vV+cr2hpt50=
+github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus v0.0.0-20250518163929-5e5bfb2bd2f2 h1:txptp4rHsZ8LPdmJSbak3fU08C+SmVqKy+FRBbQhl84=
+github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus v0.0.0-20250518163929-5e5bfb2bd2f2/go.mod h1:RbNG3Q1g6GUy1/WzWVx+S24m7VKyvl57vV+cr2hpt50=
 github.com/kovidgoyal/imaging v1.6.4 h1:K0idhRPXnRrJBKnBYcTfI1HTWSNDeAn7hYDvf9I0dCk=
 github.com/kovidgoyal/imaging v1.6.4/go.mod h1:bEIgsaZmXlvFfkv/CUxr9rJook6AQkJnpB5EPosRfRY=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20230326075908-cb1d2100619a h1:N9zuLhTvBSRt0gWSiJswwQ2HqDmtX/ZCDJURnKUt1Ik=
diff --git a/kittens/desktop_ui/portal.go b/kittens/desktop_ui/portal.go
index 7487371ad..3fb4a5b57 100644
--- a/kittens/desktop_ui/portal.go
+++ b/kittens/desktop_ui/portal.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/godbus/dbus/v5"
-	"github.com/godbus/dbus/v5/introspect"
-	"github.com/godbus/dbus/v5/prop"
+	"github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus"
+	"github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus/introspect"
+	"github.com/kovidgoyal/dbus/prop"
 )
 
 var _ = fmt.Print
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ func NewPortal(opts *Options) *Portal {
 }
 
 func (self *Portal) Start(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
-	dbus_opts := dbus.WithContext(ctx)
-	if self.bus, err = dbus.ConnectSessionBus(dbus_opts); err != nil {
+	if self.bus, err = dbus.SessionBus(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not connect to session D-Bus: %s", err)
 	}