diff --git a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/client.py b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/client.py
index b6e4a024..f0f0c680 100644
--- a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/client.py
+++ b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/client.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
-import appdirs
 import attrs
 import packaging.version as pv
+import platformdirs
 import urllib3
 import urllib3.exceptions
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from cvat_sdk.core.proxies.tasks import TasksRepo
 from cvat_sdk.core.proxies.users import UsersRepo
 from cvat_sdk.version import VERSION
 
-_DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR = Path(appdirs.user_cache_dir("cvat-sdk", "CVAT.ai"))
+_DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR = platformdirs.user_cache_path("cvat-sdk", "CVAT.ai")
 
 
 @attrs.define
diff --git a/cvat-sdk/gen/templates/requirements/base.txt b/cvat-sdk/gen/templates/requirements/base.txt
index bfb1e723..471ca54c 100644
--- a/cvat-sdk/gen/templates/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/cvat-sdk/gen/templates/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 -r api_client.txt
 
-appdirs
 attrs >= 21.4.0
 packaging >= 21.3
 Pillow >= 9.0.1
+platformdirs >= 2.1.0
 tqdm >= 4.64.0
 tuspy == 0.2.5 # have it pinned, because SDK has lots of patched TUS code
 typing_extensions >= 4.2.0
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