diff --git a/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake b/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
index fe3df91ae..f7e592bb0 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ find_package(lunasvg 2.4.1 REQUIRED)
 find_package(cpuinfo REQUIRED)
 find_package(DiscordRPC 3.4.0 REQUIRED)
 find_package(SoundTouch 2.3.3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(libzip 1.11.1 REQUIRED)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
   find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 53799dc22..d0c339cc9 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ target_precompile_headers(core PRIVATE "pch.h")
 target_include_directories(core PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 target_include_directories(core PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC Threads::Threads common util)
-target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE xxhash imgui minizip rapidyaml rcheevos cpuinfo::cpuinfo ZLIB::ZLIB Zstd::Zstd)
+target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE xxhash imgui rapidyaml rcheevos cpuinfo::cpuinfo ZLIB::ZLIB Zstd::Zstd libzip::zip)
 
 if(CPU_ARCH_X64)
   target_compile_definitions(core PUBLIC "ENABLE_RECOMPILER=1" "ENABLE_NEWREC=1" "ENABLE_MMAP_FASTMEM=1")
diff --git a/src/core/cheats.cpp b/src/core/cheats.cpp
index d39953736..cc6099858 100644
--- a/src/core/cheats.cpp
+++ b/src/core/cheats.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 #include "common/error.h"
 #include "common/file_system.h"
 #include "common/log.h"
-#include "common/minizip_helpers.h"
 #include "common/path.h"
 #include "common/small_string.h"
 #include "common/string_util.h"
+#include "common/zip_helpers.h"
 
 #include "IconsEmoji.h"
 #include "IconsFontAwesome5.h"
@@ -99,29 +99,31 @@ class CheatArchive
 public:
   ~CheatArchive()
   {
-    if (m_unz_file)
-      unzClose(m_unz_file);
+    // zip has to be destroyed before data
+    m_zip.reset();
+    m_data.deallocate();
   }
 
-  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsOpen() const { return (m_unz_file != nullptr); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsOpen() const { return static_cast<bool>(m_zip); }
 
   bool Open(const char* name)
   {
-    if (m_unz_file)
+    if (m_zip)
       return true;
 
-    std::optional<DynamicHeapArray<u8>> data = Host::ReadResourceFile(name, false);
+    Error error;
+    std::optional<DynamicHeapArray<u8>> data = Host::ReadResourceFile(name, false, &error);
     if (!data.has_value())
     {
-      ERROR_LOG("Failed to read cheat archive {}.", name);
+      ERROR_LOG("Failed to read cheat archive {}: {}", name, error.GetDescription());
       return false;
     }
 
     m_data = std::move(data.value());
-    m_unz_file = MinizipHelpers::OpenUnzMemoryFile(m_data.data(), m_data.size());
-    if (!m_unz_file) [[unlikely]]
+    m_zip = ZipHelpers::OpenManagedZipBuffer(m_data.data(), m_data.size(), 0, false, &error);
+    if (!m_zip) [[unlikely]]
     {
-      ERROR_LOG("Failed to open cheat archive {}.", name);
+      ERROR_LOG("Failed to open cheat archive {}: {}", name, error.GetDescription());
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ public:
   std::optional<std::string> ReadFile(const char* name) const
   {
     Error error;
-    std::optional<std::string> ret = MinizipHelpers::ReadZipFileToString(m_unz_file, name, false, &error);
+    std::optional<std::string> ret = ZipHelpers::ReadFileInZipToString(m_zip.get(), name, true, &error);
     if (!ret.has_value())
       DEV_LOG("Failed to read {} from zip: {}", name, error.GetDescription());
     return ret;
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ private:
   // Maybe counter-intuitive, but it ends up faster for reading a single game's cheats if we keep a
   // copy of the archive in memory, as opposed to reading from disk.
   DynamicHeapArray<u8> m_data;
-  unzFile m_unz_file = nullptr;
+  ZipHelpers::ManagedZipT m_zip;
 };
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/core/core.props b/src/core/core.props
index 674147160..f841d9719 100644
--- a/src/core/core.props
+++ b/src/core/core.props
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM' Or '$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(SolutionDir)dep\vixl\include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>%(AdditionalDependencies);cpuinfo.lib;zip.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/core/core.vcxproj b/src/core/core.vcxproj
index 11f87d0ea..14819076d 100644
--- a/src/core/core.vcxproj
+++ b/src/core/core.vcxproj
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\dep\imgui\imgui.vcxproj">
       <Project>{bb08260f-6fbc-46af-8924-090ee71360c6}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\dep\minizip\minizip.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{8bda439c-6358-45fb-9994-2ff083babe06}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\dep\rainterface\rainterface.vcxproj" Condition="'$(Platform)'!='ARM64'">
       <Project>{e4357877-d459-45c7-b8f6-dcbb587bb528}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
@@ -214,7 +211,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64' And $(Configuration.Contains('Debug'))">ZYDIS_DISABLE_ENCODER;ZYDIS_DISABLE_AVX512;ZYDIS_DISABLE_KNC;ZYDIS_STATIC_BUILD;ZYCORE_STATIC_BUILD;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64' And $(Configuration.Contains('Debug'))">%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(SolutionDir)dep\zydis\include;$(SolutionDir)dep\zydis\dependencies\zycore\include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(SolutionDir)dep\minizip\include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)/%(RelativeDir)/</ObjectFileName>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
diff --git a/src/util/util.props b/src/util/util.props
index e984ee4e4..d6203cd79 100644
--- a/src/util/util.props
+++ b/src/util/util.props
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DepsIncludeDir)SDL2;$(DepsIncludeDir)spirv_cross</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>%(AdditionalDependencies);cpuinfo.lib;freetype.lib;jpeg.lib;libpng16.lib;libwebp.lib;lunasvg.lib;SDL2.lib;soundtouch.lib;zlib.lib;zstd.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>%(AdditionalDependencies);freetype.lib;jpeg.lib;libpng16.lib;libwebp.lib;lunasvg.lib;SDL2.lib;soundtouch.lib;zlib.lib;zstd.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)shaderc_shared.dll" />
     <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)soundtouch.dll" />
     <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)spirv-cross-c-shared.dll" />
+    <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)zip.dll" />
     <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)zlib1.dll" />
     <DepsDLLs Include="$(DepsBinDir)zstd.dll" />
   </ItemGroup>