diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb3300a34..c74e8e40c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e64e6c0fbe2c17357405f7c758c1ef960fce08bdfb2c03d88d2a18d7e09c4b67"
+checksum = "a84cda67535339806297f1b331d6dd6320470d2a0fe65381e79ee9e156dd3d13"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "crossterm_winapi",
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 4921db926..975d08712 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ which = "4.4"
 
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "io-std", "time", "process", "macros", "fs", "parking_lot"] }
 tui = { path = "../helix-tui", package = "helix-tui", default-features = false, features = ["crossterm"] }
-crossterm = { version = "0.25", features = ["event-stream"] }
+crossterm = { version = "0.26", features = ["event-stream"] }
 signal-hook = "0.3"
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", features = ["std", "async-await"], default-features = false }
diff --git a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
index a4a1c389f..ccd016f50 100644
--- a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default = ["crossterm"]
 bitflags = "1.3"
 cassowary = "0.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.10"
-crossterm = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
+crossterm = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
 termini = "0.1"
 serde = { version = "1", "optional" = true, features = ["derive"]}
 helix-view = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-view", features = ["term"] }
diff --git a/helix-tui/src/backend/crossterm.rs b/helix-tui/src/backend/crossterm.rs
index c00e1f406..5305640cb 100644
--- a/helix-tui/src/backend/crossterm.rs
+++ b/helix-tui/src/backend/crossterm.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{backend::Backend, buffer::Cell};
 use crossterm::{
-    cursor::{CursorShape, Hide, MoveTo, SetCursorShape, Show},
+    cursor::{Hide, MoveTo, SetCursorStyle, Show},
     execute, queue,
     style::{
         Attribute as CAttribute, Color as CColor, Print, SetAttribute, SetBackgroundColor,
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ where
 
     fn show_cursor(&mut self, kind: CursorKind) -> io::Result<()> {
         let shape = match kind {
-            CursorKind::Block => CursorShape::Block,
-            CursorKind::Bar => CursorShape::Line,
-            CursorKind::Underline => CursorShape::UnderScore,
+            CursorKind::Block => SetCursorStyle::SteadyBlock,
+            CursorKind::Bar => SetCursorStyle::SteadyBar,
+            CursorKind::Underline => SetCursorStyle::SteadyUnderScore,
             CursorKind::Hidden => unreachable!(),
         };
-        map_error(execute!(self.buffer, Show, SetCursorShape(shape)))
+        map_error(execute!(self.buffer, Show, shape))
     }
 
     fn get_cursor(&mut self) -> io::Result<(u16, u16)> {
diff --git a/helix-view/Cargo.toml b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
index 17e07e9a2..54b679ade 100644
--- a/helix-view/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
 helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
 helix-lsp = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-lsp" }
 helix-dap = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-dap" }
-crossterm = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
+crossterm = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
 helix-vcs = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-vcs" }
 
 # Conversion traits