diff --git a/.licenses/arduino-create-agent/go/github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.dep.yml b/.licenses/arduino-create-agent/go/github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.dep.yml
index 192c642a6..1de189b7f 100644
--- a/.licenses/arduino-create-agent/go/github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/arduino-create-agent/go/github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.dep.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper
-version: v1.10.1
+version: v1.12.0
 type: go
 summary:
 homepage: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7eb65493b..9337b5902 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230923063757-afb1ddc0824c
 	github.com/arduino/arduino-cli v0.0.0-20230630155703-fe6d7499eb5e
-	github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.10.1
+	github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.12.0
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/codeclysm/extract/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/getlantern/systray v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ced581a21..dd39ed728 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230923063757-afb1ddc0824c h1:kMFnB0vCcX
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230923063757-afb1ddc0824c/go.mod h1:EjAoLdwvbIOoOQr3ihjnSoLZRtE8azugULFRteWMNc0=
 github.com/arduino/arduino-cli v0.0.0-20230630155703-fe6d7499eb5e h1:gmlrLhRuuIY/hw9EvvLCUvMDXMFZBtIVW29tMYGchkw=
 github.com/arduino/arduino-cli v0.0.0-20230630155703-fe6d7499eb5e/go.mod h1:2E4tNTNWuf4CtG/pF/Y+fRO6JXxVEcbDDStjZYtMK2c=
-github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.10.1 h1:j8InnhLrSeoPiOvTnZL0XMFt7l407ciTBJJJs7W9bs4=
-github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.10.1/go.mod h1:jcpW4wr0u69GlXhTYydsdsqAjLaYK5n7oWHfKqOG6LM=
+github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.12.0 h1:xizOQtI9iHdl19qXd1EmWg5i9W//2bOCOYwlNv8F61E=
+github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.12.0/go.mod h1:jcpW4wr0u69GlXhTYydsdsqAjLaYK5n7oWHfKqOG6LM=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=