diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index dcbe66a..7502f62 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
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+ "libc",
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+ "simdutf8",
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 ]
 
-[[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-result"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -5866,9 +5783,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "gtk",
  "http",
  "javascriptcore-rs",
- "jni",
+ "jni 0.21.1",
  "libc",
- "ndk 0.9.0",
+ "ndk",
  "objc2",
  "objc2-app-kit",
  "objc2-core-foundation",
@@ -5886,7 +5803,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "webkit2gtk",
  "webkit2gtk-sys",
  "webview2-com",
- "windows 0.61.3",
+ "windows",
  "windows-core 0.61.2",
  "windows-version",
  "x11-dl",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 7d95c18..7e8f326 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ macos-accessibility-client = "0.0.2"        # prompt for Accessibility under the
 objc2 = "0.6.4"                             # typed Objective-C ownership for the native AppKit dictation panel
 objc2-foundation = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false, features = ["NSAttributedString", "NSData", "NSDictionary", "NSGeometry", "NSObject", "NSString", "NSURL", "NSValue"] }
 objc2-app-kit = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false, features = ["NSAccessibility", "NSApplication", "NSAppearance", "NSAttributedString", "NSBitmapImageRep", "NSBox", "NSButton", "NSButtonCell", "NSCell", "NSColor", "NSControl", "NSEvent", "NSFont", "NSGraphics", "NSImage", "NSImageRep", "NSImageView", "NSPanel", "NSProgressIndicator", "NSResponder", "NSScreen", "NSText", "NSTextField", "NSView", "NSWindow", "NSWorkspace"] }
-cpal = "0.15"                               # record the mic IN-PROCESS (like Handy) — no meeting-tap spawn, so no ~300ms start lag
+cpal = "0.18"                               # record the mic IN-PROCESS (like Handy) — no meeting-tap spawn, so no ~300ms start lag
 hound = "3.5"                               # encode the captured audio to a 16-bit PCM WAV for the STT server
 libc = "0.2"                                # validate ownership of an optional user-installed Codex executable
 voice_activity_detector = "0.2"             # Silero VAD (same model family Handy bundles) — strips non-speech before Whisper so silence can't hallucinate; statically links onnxruntime via `ort`, so the binary stays self-contained