diff --git a/app/Swarm/App.hs b/app/Swarm/App.hs
index 0ecba52f..4a776586 100644
--- a/app/Swarm/App.hs
+++ b/app/Swarm/App.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
@@ -24,13 +23,7 @@ import Data.IORef (newIORef, writeIORef)
 import Data.Text qualified as T
 import Data.Text.IO qualified as T
 import Graphics.Vty qualified as V
-#if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS) || defined(__MINGW32__)
-import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Windows.Settings qualified as VS
-import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Windows qualified as VS
-#else
-import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Settings qualified as VS
-import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix qualified as VS
-#endif
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform qualified as V
 import Swarm.Game.Failure (SystemFailure)
 import Swarm.Language.Pretty (prettyText)
 import Swarm.Log (LogSource (SystemLog), Severity (..))
@@ -116,12 +109,7 @@ appMain opts = do
             handleEvent e
 
       -- Setup virtual terminal
-      let buildVty =
-            case colorMode opts of
-              Nothing -> VS.mkVty V.defaultConfig
-              Just cMode -> do
-                platformSettings <- VS.defaultSettings
-                VS.mkVtyWithSettings V.defaultConfig $ platformSettings {VS.settingColorMode = cMode}
+      let buildVty = V.mkVty V.defaultConfig {V.configPreferredColorMode = colorMode opts}
       vty <- buildVty
 
       V.setMode (V.outputIface vty) V.Mouse True
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 28be9eff..0993c24b 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ extra-deps:
 - hsnoise-0.0.3@sha256:260b39175b8a3e3b1719ad3987b7d72a3fd7a0fa99be8639b91cf4dc3f1c8796,1476
 - simple-enumeration-0.2.1@sha256:8625b269c1650d3dd0e3887351c153049f4369853e0d525219e07480ea004b9f,1178
 - boolexpr-0.2@sha256:07f38a0206ad63c2c893e3c6271a2e45ea25ab4ef3a9e973edc746876f0ab9e8,853
-- vty-6.0@sha256:3c4ee4ffd6e38720e227c45e85eb91ff611125dbff178e9f2fadc993160e1464,3661
-- vty-crossplatform-0.2.0.0@sha256:6dc6b72ba2fe63f0af582a501ab133a69f49fb75fef3ad7a870412472be077ec,3161
-- vty-unix-0.1.0.0@sha256:8d1dd971d49b4d3575ec76994a8dd5d330d7b81a30ece40344ee170d73a28ac3,2932
+- vty-6.1@sha256:524d124223c02373260ebc409ddd622fbe97cacd1ea0ee98476b5992bddbc4f3,3661
+- vty-crossplatform-0.4.0.0@sha256:50593f91ad16777d921138475a8d2784d538fd206addd30664c620278d6c8544,3172
+- vty-unix-0.2.0.0@sha256:2af3d0bdae3c4b7b7e567ee374efe32c7439fabdf9096465ce011a6c6736e9ae,2932
+- vty-windows-0.2.0.1
 - brick-2.1.1
 - brick-list-skip-0.1.1.8
 - astar-0.3.0.0
diff --git a/swarm.cabal b/swarm.cabal
index 082455bf..3e8a7d40 100644
--- a/swarm.cabal
+++ b/swarm.cabal
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ library swarm-lang
                       lsp                           >= 1.6 && < 1.7,
                       hashable,
                       megaparsec,
-                      mtl,                      
+                      mtl,
                       parser-combinators,
                       prettyprinter,
                       split,
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ library swarm-engine
                       transformers                  >= 0.5.6.2 && < 0.6.2.0,
                       unordered-containers          >= 0.2.14 && < 0.3,
                       vector                        >= 0.12 && < 0.14,
-                      vty                           >= 6.0 && < 6.1,
+                      vty                           >= 6.1 && < 6.2,
                       witch                         >= 1.1.1.0 && < 1.3,
                       witherable                    >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                       yaml                          >= 0.11 && < 0.11.12.0,
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ library
                       time                          >= 1.9 && < 1.14,
                       transformers                  >= 0.5.6.2 && < 0.6.2.0,
                       vector                        >= 0.12 && < 0.14,
-                      vty                           >= 6.0 && < 6.1,
+                      vty                           >= 6.1 && < 6.2,
                       warp                          >= 3.2 && < 3.4,
                       witch                         >= 1.1.1.0 && < 1.3,
                       word-wrap                     >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
@@ -608,14 +608,11 @@ executable swarm
                       prettyprinter,
                       text,
                       vty,
+                      vty-crossplatform >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                       swarm,
                       swarm:swarm-lang,
                       swarm:swarm-web,
                       swarm:swarm-util,
-    if os(windows)
-      build-depends:  vty-windows                   >= 0.1.0.3 && < 0.2,
-    else
-      build-depends:  vty-unix                      >= 0.1.0.0 && < 0.2,
     hs-source-dirs:   app
     default-language: Haskell2010
     ghc-options:      -threaded