diff --git a/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.lock b/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.lock
index d327b537771..4c1d9a57741 100644
--- a/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.lock
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.15.4"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee4243f1f26fc7a42710e7439c149e2b10b05472f88090acce52632f231a73a"
+checksum = "e7daec1a2a2129eeba1644b220b4647ec537b0b5d4bfd6876fcc5a540056b592"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "cargo-platform",
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crates-index"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3feb29cc02fb72a5999ea88eaf38e82fb9ef453a746925d3bf74ebc25940c34c"
+checksum = "a2d899e96f67edf44af465951d34f354c7bc04d10a42b813537cd70d62dfbb50"
 dependencies = [
  "gix",
  "hex",
diff --git a/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.toml b/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.toml
index c64d3a9e623..1b1952c06a0 100644
--- a/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-smart-release/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ gix = { version = "^0.50.0", default-features = false, features = ["max-performa
 anyhow = "1.0.42"
 clap = { version = "4.1.0", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["humantime", "auto-color"] }
-cargo_metadata = "0.15.0"
+cargo_metadata = "0.17.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
 toml_edit = "0.19.1"
 semver = "1.0.4"
-crates-index = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["git-performance", "git-https"] }
+crates-index = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["git-performance", "git-https"] }
 cargo_toml = "0.15.1"
 winnow = "0.5.1"
 git-conventional = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/cargo-smart-release/src/crates_index.rs b/cargo-smart-release/src/crates_index.rs
index 45884f4c3a1..7695ae12a32 100644
--- a/cargo-smart-release/src/crates_index.rs
+++ b/cargo-smart-release/src/crates_index.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 pub struct Index {
     inner: Option<crates_index::GitIndex>,
 }
@@ -7,13 +5,8 @@ pub struct Index {
 impl Index {
     /// Like the original one, but doesn't create it if it doesn't exist
     pub fn new_cargo_default() -> Result<Index, crates_index::Error> {
-        let path = default_path();
         Ok(Index {
-            inner: if path.is_dir() {
-                crates_index::GitIndex::new_cargo_default()?.into()
-            } else {
-                None
-            },
+            inner: crates_index::GitIndex::try_new_cargo_default()?,
         })
     }
 
@@ -29,9 +22,3 @@ impl Index {
         self.inner.as_ref().and_then(|idx| idx.crate_(name))
     }
 }
-
-fn default_path() -> PathBuf {
-    crates_index::local_path_and_canonical_url(crates_index::git::URL, None)
-        .expect("defaults are well-known")
-        .0
-}