diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 986a42ca1..11b19f3e0 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ memfd = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 uds = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.48", features=["Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11",
+windows = { version = "0.51", features=["Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11",
     "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D", "Win32_Graphics_Dxgi",
     "Win32_Graphics_Dxgi_Common", "Win32_Graphics_Direct2D",
     "Win32_Graphics_Direct2D_Common", "Win32_Graphics_DirectWrite",
diff --git a/examples/src/bin/overlay-composition-d2d.rs b/examples/src/bin/overlay-composition-d2d.rs
index 420daded5..1e9aa03a2 100644
--- a/examples/src/bin/overlay-composition-d2d.rs
+++ b/examples/src/bin/overlay-composition-d2d.rs
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ fn create_pipeline() -> Result<gst::Pipeline, Error> {
             DWriteCreateFactory::<IDWriteFactory>(DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE_SHARED).unwrap();
         let text_format = dwrite_factory
             .CreateTextFormat(
-                windows::w!("Arial"),
+                windows::core::w!("Arial"),
                 None,
                 DWRITE_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD,
                 DWRITE_FONT_STYLE_NORMAL,
                 DWRITE_FONT_STRETCH_NORMAL,
                 32f32,
-                windows::w!("en-us"),
+                windows::core::w!("en-us"),
             )
             .unwrap();
         let text_layout = dwrite_factory
             .CreateTextLayout(
-                windows::w!("GStreamer").as_wide(),
+                windows::core::w!("GStreamer").as_wide(),
                 &text_format,
                 // Size will be updated later on "caps-changed" signal
                 800f32,