diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ba6d40605d6..23a660a0f93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete"
-version = "4.5.29"
+version = "4.5.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8937760c3f4c60871870b8c3ee5f9b30771f792a7045c48bcbba999d7d6b3b8e"
+checksum = "74a01f4f9ee6c066d42a1c8dedf0dcddad16c72a8981a309d6398de3a75b0c39"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap_lex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 633a5f7fe52..bc86f408610 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cargo-util = { version = "0.2.14", path = "crates/cargo-util" }
 cargo-util-schemas = { version = "0.7.0", path = "crates/cargo-util-schemas" }
 cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 clap = "4.5.18"
-clap_complete = { version = "4.5.29", features = ["unstable-dynamic"] }
+clap_complete = { version = "4.5.32", features = ["unstable-dynamic"] }
 color-print = "0.3.6"
 core-foundation = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["mac_os_10_7_support"] }
 crates-io = { version = "0.40.4", path = "crates/crates-io" }
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/main.rs b/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
index 269237858cc..fa41e9c3ff4 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ fn main() {
         let _span = tracing::span!(tracing::Level::TRACE, "completions").entered();
         let args = std::env::args_os();
         let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().ok();
-        let completer =
-            clap_complete::CompleteEnv::with_factory(|| cli::cli(&mut gctx)).var("CARGO_COMPLETE");
+        let completer = clap_complete::CompleteEnv::with_factory(|| {
+            let mut gctx = GlobalContext::default().expect("already loaded without errors");
+            cli::cli(&mut gctx)
+        })
+        .var("CARGO_COMPLETE");
         if completer
             .try_complete(args, current_dir.as_deref())
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| {