diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 77c49a6..8def6fd 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
@@ -1723,6 +1723,17 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 tokenize-rt = ">=5.2.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyxdg"
+version = "0.28"
+description = "PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in python."
+optional = true
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "pyxdg-0.28-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bdaf595999a0178ecea4052b7f4195569c1ff4d344567bccdc12dfdf02d545ab"},
+    {file = "pyxdg-0.28.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3267bb3074e934df202af2ee0868575484108581e6f3cb006af1da35395e88b4"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "5.3.1"
@@ -2529,17 +2540,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 cffi = ">=1.0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xdg"
-version = "6.0.0"
-description = "Variables defined by the XDG Base Directory Specification"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.7,<4.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "xdg-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:df3510755b4395157fc04fc3b02467c777f3b3ca383257397f09ab0d4c16f936"},
-    {file = "xdg-6.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:24278094f2d45e846d1eb28a2ebb92d7b67fc0cab5249ee3ce88c95f649a1c92"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.20.0"
@@ -2562,9 +2562,9 @@ fs = ["xattr"]
 gkeep = ["gkeepapi", "gkeepapi"]
 google = ["google-api-python-client", "google-auth-oauthlib", "setuptools"]
 notion = ["notion-client"]
-tw = ["taskw-ng", "xdg"]
+tw = ["pyxdg", "taskw-ng"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<=3.12.5"
-content-hash = "eba5002826c17b8831db5486299b466f8673c50f5bc900d8d3dcfe6530eb510b"
+content-hash = "06b7da267d7fb19af91a988094d78f3039bdfe01b681de298c0ddc7cc45d78ec"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c35133..030cd73 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ caldav = { version = "^0.11.0", optional = true }
 icalendar = { version = "^5.0.13", optional = true }
 taskw-ng = { version = "0.2.7", optional = true }
 xattr = { version = "^0.9.9", optional = true }
-xdg = { version = "^6.0.0", optional = true }
+pyxdg = { version = "^0.28", optional = true }
 
 loguru = "^0.5.3"
 python-dateutil = "^2.9.0.post0"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ gkeep = ["gkeepapi"]
 notion = ["notion-client"]
 asana = ["asana"]
 caldav = ["caldav", "icalendar"]
-tw = ["taskw-ng", "xdg"]
+tw = ["taskw-ng", "pyxdg"]
 fs = ["xattr"]
 
 # dev dependencies -------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/syncall/taskwarrior/taskwarrior_side.py b/syncall/taskwarrior/taskwarrior_side.py
index e84d8f9..d513746 100644
--- a/syncall/taskwarrior/taskwarrior_side.py
+++ b/syncall/taskwarrior/taskwarrior_side.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from bubop import logger, parse_datetime
 from taskw_ng import TaskWarrior
 from taskw_ng.warrior import TASKRC
-from xdg import xdg_config_home
+from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_config_home
 
 from syncall.sync_side import ItemType, SyncSide
 from syncall.types import TaskwarriorRawItem
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
         config_file = None
         candidate_config_files = [
             Path(TASKRC).expanduser(),
-            xdg_config_home() / "task" / "taskrc",
+            f"{xdg_config_home} / task / taskrc",
         ]
         if config_file_override is not None:
             if not config_file_override.is_file():