diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0efd48..0c10278 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif ()
 set(CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX
     ""
     CACHE STRING "sets the suffix for find_package() calls to packages configured via c++utilities")
-find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.14.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities(VISIBILITY PUBLIC)
 
 # find 3rd party libraries
diff --git a/io/passwordfile.cpp b/io/passwordfile.cpp
index 8e28b54..3174e47 100644
--- a/io/passwordfile.cpp
+++ b/io/passwordfile.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringbuilder.h>
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
+#include <c++utilities/io/path.h>
 
 #include <openssl/conf.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ void PasswordFile::save(PasswordFileSaveFlags options)
     const auto newSize = static_cast<std::size_t>(m_file.tellp());
     if (fileSize && newSize < fileSize) {
         m_file.close();
-        std::filesystem::resize_file(m_path, newSize);
+        std::filesystem::resize_file(makeNativePath(m_path), newSize);
     }
 }