diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cd2bb709fc3f..ad5681ba756f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ version = "0.38.0+1.3.281"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0bb44936d800fea8f016d7f2311c6a4f97aebd5dc86f09906139ec848cf3a46f"
 dependencies = [
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
 dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "libc",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
 dependencies = [
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6aae1df220ece3c0ada96b8153459b67eebe9ae9212258bb0134ae60416fdf76"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
@@ -2780,6 +2780,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.2.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "754ca22de805bb5744484a5b151a9e1a8e837d5dc232c2d7d8c2e3492edc8b60"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -4294,7 +4304,7 @@ checksum = "ac633a08f39bf3268714799bd8c4a1a19c19c203d817d3448bb8b91c97817cf0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "float-cmp",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
  "once_cell",
  "renderdoc-sys",
  "winapi",
@@ -4735,7 +4745,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bzip2",
  "hex",
  "js-sys",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.9.0",
  "reqwest",
  "ruffle_render",
  "ruffle_video",
@@ -6519,7 +6529,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "khronos-egl",
  "libc",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
  "log",
  "metal",
  "naga",
@@ -7081,7 +7091,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "as-raw-xcb-connection",
  "gethostname",
  "libc",
- "libloading",
+ "libloading 0.8.9",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
  "x11rb-protocol",
diff --git a/video/external/Cargo.toml b/video/external/Cargo.toml
index f5a3f13bbbe5..12758109c8a7 100644
--- a/video/external/Cargo.toml
+++ b/video/external/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ruffle_video_software = { path = "../software" }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 # Needed for OpenH264:
-libloading = { version = "0.8.9", optional = true }
+libloading = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.24", default-features = false, features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 bzip2 = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["static"], optional = true }
diff --git a/video/external/src/decoder/openh264_sys.rs b/video/external/src/decoder/openh264_sys.rs
index 9329a28a4626..f0245fd22c22 100644
--- a/video/external/src/decoder/openh264_sys.rs
+++ b/video/external/src/decoder/openh264_sys.rs
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ impl OpenH264 {
     where
         P: AsRef<::std::ffi::OsStr>,
     {
-        let library = ::libloading::Library::new(filename)?;
+        let library = ::libloading::Library::new(filename.as_ref())?;
         Self::from_library(library)
     }
     pub unsafe fn from_library<L>(library: L) -> Result<Self, ::libloading::Error>