diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca2a8a030f8..cc61e370c18 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-chrome",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "unicase",
+ "unicode-ident",
  "unicode-width",
- "unicode-xid",
  "url",
  "walkdir",
  "windows-sys 0.61.1",
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "snapbox",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "toml",
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-ident",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -4731,9 +4731,9 @@ checksum = "7eec5d1121208364f6793f7d2e222bf75a915c19557537745b195b253dd64217"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.19"
+version = "1.0.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f63a545481291138910575129486daeaf8ac54aee4387fe7906919f7830c7d9d"
+checksum = "462eeb75aeb73aea900253ce739c8e18a67423fadf006037cd3ff27e82748a06"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5f1830ddf34..35b9fcb25e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.41", default-features = false, features = ["std"] } #
 tracing-chrome = "0.7.2"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["env-filter"] }
 unicase = "2.8.1"
-unicode-ident = "1.0.19"
+unicode-ident = "1.0.20"
 unicode-width = "0.2.1"
-unicode-xid = "0.2.6"
 url = "2.5.7"
 varisat = "0.2.2"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["attributes"] }
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 unicase.workspace = true
 unicode-width.workspace = true
-unicode-xid.workspace = true
+unicode-ident.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 walkdir.workspace = true
 winnow.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cargo-util-schemas/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-util-schemas/Cargo.toml
index 649d8c78ba2..45cdb575d89 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-util-schemas/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-util-schemas/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ serde-untagged.workspace = true
 serde-value.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 toml = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-unicode-xid.workspace = true
+unicode-ident.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/crates/cargo-util-schemas/src/restricted_names.rs b/crates/cargo-util-schemas/src/restricted_names.rs
index 18be53bda66..44c17a9968c 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-util-schemas/src/restricted_names.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-util-schemas/src/restricted_names.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_name(name: &str, what: &'static str) -> Result<()> {
             }
             .into());
         }
-        if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_') {
+        if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_') {
             return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidCharacter {
                 ch,
                 what,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_name(name: &str, what: &'static str) -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
     for ch in chars {
-        if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
+        if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
             return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidCharacter {
                 ch,
                 what,
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ pub(crate) fn sanitize_name(name: &str, placeholder: char) -> String {
     let mut slug = String::new();
     let mut chars = name.chars();
     while let Some(ch) = chars.next() {
-        if (unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_') && !ch.is_digit(10) {
+        if (unicode_ident::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_') && !ch.is_digit(10) {
             slug.push(ch);
             break;
         }
     }
     while let Some(ch) = chars.next() {
-        if unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-' {
+        if unicode_ident::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-' {
             slug.push(ch);
         } else {
             slug.push(placeholder);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_feature_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     }
     let mut chars = name.chars();
     if let Some(ch) = chars.next() {
-        if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_' || ch.is_digit(10)) {
+        if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_start(ch) || ch == '_' || ch.is_digit(10)) {
             return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidCharacter {
                 ch,
                 what,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_feature_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
     for ch in chars {
-        if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-' || ch == '+' || ch == '.') {
+        if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-' || ch == '+' || ch == '.') {
             return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidCharacter {
                 ch,
                 what,
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/install.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/install.rs
index 7668b376c64..cd946c9b378 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/install.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/install.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn exec(gctx: &mut GlobalContext, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
         let package_name = PackageName::new(crate_name);
         if !crate_name.contains("@") && package_name.is_err() {
             for (idx, ch) in crate_name.char_indices() {
-                if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
+                if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
                     let mut suggested_crate_name = crate_name.to_string();
                     suggested_crate_name.insert_str(idx, "@");
                     if let Ok((_, Some(_))) = parse_crate(&suggested_crate_name.as_str()) {
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_add/crate_spec.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_add/crate_spec.rs
index 93887d41461..d7aeddd0615 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_add/crate_spec.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_add/crate_spec.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl CrateSpec {
         let package_name = PackageName::new(name);
         if !pkg_id.contains("@") && package_name.is_err() {
             for (idx, ch) in pkg_id.char_indices() {
-                if !(unicode_xid::UnicodeXID::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
+                if !(unicode_ident::is_xid_continue(ch) || ch == '-') {
                     let mut suggested_pkg_id = pkg_id.to_string();
                     suggested_pkg_id.insert_str(idx, "@");
                     if let Ok(_) = CrateSpec::resolve(&suggested_pkg_id.as_str()) {