diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 22d050ded98..3c8aa58051d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1950,12 +1950,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "number_prefix"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.3"
@@ -2958,9 +2952,9 @@ checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unit-prefix"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "323402cff2dd658f39ca17c789b502021b3f18707c91cdf22e3838e1b4023817"
+checksum = "81e544489bf3d8ef66c953931f56617f423cd4b5494be343d9b9d3dda037b9a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unty"
@@ -4208,7 +4202,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "nix",
  "num-traits",
- "number_prefix",
  "os_display",
  "phf",
  "procfs",
@@ -4221,6 +4214,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "time",
  "unic-langid",
+ "unit-prefix",
  "utmp-classic",
  "uucore_procs",
  "walkdir",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d58e3f0225..79bff3955d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ notify = { version = "=8.2.0", features = ["macos_kqueue"] }
 num-bigint = "0.4.4"
 num-prime = "0.4.4"
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
-number_prefix = "0.4"
 onig = { version = "~6.5.1", default-features = false }
 parse_datetime = "0.13.0"
 phf = "0.13.1"
@@ -373,6 +372,7 @@ textwrap = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["terminal_size"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.3"
 time = { version = "0.3.36" }
 unicode-width = "0.2.0"
+unit-prefix = "0.5"
 utmp-classic = "0.1.6"
 uutils_term_grid = "0.7"
 walkdir = "2.5"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 63c3c120957..58ee595df47 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -1017,12 +1017,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "number_prefix"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -1578,6 +1572,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4ac048d71ede7ee76d585517add45da530660ef4390e49b098733c6e897f254"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unit-prefix"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81e544489bf3d8ef66c953931f56617f423cd4b5494be343d9b9d3dda037b9a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf16_iter"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -1784,7 +1784,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "nix",
  "num-traits",
- "number_prefix",
  "os_display",
  "phf",
  "procfs",
@@ -1794,6 +1793,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sm3",
  "thiserror",
  "unic-langid",
+ "unit-prefix",
  "uucore_procs",
  "wild",
  "winapi-util",
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index e9afb554283..242f25903d3 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bstr = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore_procs = { workspace = true }
-number_prefix = { workspace = true }
+unit-prefix = { workspace = true }
 phf = { workspace = true }
 dns-lookup = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 dunce = { version = "1.0.4", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/human.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/human.rs
index 3c80e0b195a..7777103b9e5 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/human.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/human.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //!
 //! Format sizes like gnulibs human_readable() would
 
-use number_prefix::NumberPrefix;
+use unit_prefix::NumberPrefix;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum SizeFormat {