diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93452e8e..3087ea3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -945,9 +945,9 @@ checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.56.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
+checksum = "1de69df01bdf1ead2f4ac895dc77c9351aefff65b2f3db429a343f9cbf05e132"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-core",
  "windows-targets",
@@ -955,9 +955,43 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4698e52ed2d08f8658ab0c39512a7c00ee5fe2688c65f8c0a4f06750d729f2a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6fc35f58ecd95a9b71c4f2329b911016e6bec66b3f2e6a4aad86bd2e99e2f9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08990546bf4edef8f431fa6326e032865f27138718c587dc21bc0265bbcb57cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+checksum = "749f0da9cc72d82e600d8d2e44cadd0b9eedb9038f71a1c58556ac1c5791813b"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml b/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
index cc8bfafb..9f77a645 100644
--- a/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-cargo = "0.14.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.59"
-windows = { version = "0.52.0", features = [
+windows = { version = "0.56.0", features = [
   "Win32_Foundation",
   "Win32_System_Registry",
 ] }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 rustversion = "1.0.15"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.52.0", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell"] }
+windows = { version = "0.56.0", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell"] }
 
 # Cannot inherit workspace lints since overriding them is not supported yet: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/13157
 # [lints]
diff --git a/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs b/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
index bc9a3150..accebc67 100644
--- a/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ fn read_registry_key_string_value(
                 // SAFETY: `opened_key_handle` is valid opened key that was opened by
                 // `RegOpenKeyExA`
                 unsafe { RegCloseKey(opened_key_handle) }
+                    .ok()
                     .expect("opened_key_handle should be successfully closed");
                 return Some(
                     CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(&buffer[..len as usize])
@@ -235,7 +236,8 @@ fn read_registry_key_string_value(
         // SAFETY: `opened_key_handle` is valid opened key that was opened by
         // `RegOpenKeyExA`
         unsafe { RegCloseKey(opened_key_handle) }
-            .expect(r"opened_key_handle should be successfully closed");
+            .ok()
+            .expect("opened_key_handle should be successfully closed");
     }
     None
 }