diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dbbd5f70a2..5c897dbe14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ implicit-link = []
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1"
-libloading = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
+libloading = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.winapi]
 version = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/dxgi.rs b/src/dxgi.rs
index 47e1ec43bc..67c7489b39 100644
--- a/src/dxgi.rs
+++ b/src/dxgi.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct DxgiLib {
 #[cfg(feature = "libloading")]
 impl DxgiLib {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, libloading::Error> {
-        libloading::Library::new("dxgi.dll").map(|lib| DxgiLib { lib })
+        unsafe { libloading::Library::new("dxgi.dll").map(|lib| DxgiLib { lib }) }
     }
 
     pub fn create_factory2(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ff9a106064..49efc7ebcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ pub struct D3D12Lib {
 #[cfg(feature = "libloading")]
 impl D3D12Lib {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, libloading::Error> {
-        libloading::Library::new("d3d12.dll").map(|lib| D3D12Lib { lib })
+        unsafe { libloading::Library::new("d3d12.dll").map(|lib| D3D12Lib { lib }) }
     }
 }