diff --git a/changes/783.misc.rst b/changes/783.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd00e58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/783.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use platformdirs instead of appdirs to determine OS-native user data directory.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index aa0f7fdf6..4089aea4a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ install_requires =
     dmgbuild >= 1.3.3; sys_platform == "darwin"
     psutil >= 5.9.0
     rich >= 12.4.1
-    appdirs >= 1.4.4
+    platformdirs >= 2.5.2
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/src/briefcase/commands/base.py b/src/briefcase/commands/base.py
index e4617a952..614ca29fe 100644
--- a/src/briefcase/commands/base.py
+++ b/src/briefcase/commands/base.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
-from appdirs import AppDirs
 from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 from cookiecutter.repository import is_repo_url
+from platformdirs import PlatformDirs
 
 try:
     import tomllib
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         base_path,
         home_path=Path.home(),
-        data_path=Path(AppDirs(appname="briefcase", appauthor="BeeWare").user_data_dir),
+        data_path=PlatformDirs(appname="briefcase", appauthor="BeeWare").user_data_path,
         apps=None,
         input_enabled=True,
     ):