diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 19f902b4..e917bd0e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'org.jreleaser' version '1.2.0'
+    id 'org.jreleaser' version '1.3.1'
 }
 
 if(project == rootProject) {
diff --git a/deps b/deps
index 23936c9a..d0578cfb 160000
--- a/deps
+++ b/deps
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 23936c9a6a2ec35f0ca71266debb93d06144df9d
+Subproject commit d0578cfb68e7668423988fafa96659eaae219a0e
diff --git a/extension/build.gradle b/extension/build.gradle
index 3943894d..6ad8fcbb 100644
--- a/extension/build.gradle
+++ b/extension/build.gradle
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ dependencies {
     api group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "2.13.0"
     api group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: "2.13.0"
 
+    compileOnly 'net.java.dev.jna:jna-jpms:5.12.1'
+    compileOnly 'net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform-jpms:5.12.1'
     compileOnly group: 'org.kordamp.ikonli', name: 'ikonli-javafx', version: "12.2.0"
     compileOnly group: 'org.fxmisc.richtext', name: 'richtextfx', version: '0.10.9'
     compileOnly 'net.synedra:validatorfx:0.3.1'
diff --git a/extension/src/main/java/io/xpipe/extension/util/WindowsRegistry.java b/extension/src/main/java/io/xpipe/extension/util/WindowsRegistry.java
index dfc89167..cdcfe8a1 100644
--- a/extension/src/main/java/io/xpipe/extension/util/WindowsRegistry.java
+++ b/extension/src/main/java/io/xpipe/extension/util/WindowsRegistry.java
@@ -1,60 +1,25 @@
 package io.xpipe.extension.util;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Advapi32Util;
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinReg;
+
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class WindowsRegistry {
 
-    public static Optional<String> readRegistry(String location, String key) {
-        try {
-            Process process =
-                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("reg query " + '"' + location + "\"" + (key != null ? " /v " + key : " /ve"));
+    public static final int HKEY_CURRENT_USER = 0x80000001;
+    public static final int HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = 0x80000002;
 
-            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(process.getInputStream());
-            reader.start();
-            process.waitFor();
-            reader.join();
-            String output = reader.getResult();
-
-            // Output has the following format:
-            // \n<Version information>\n\n<key>\t<registry type>\t<value>
-            if (output.contains("\t")) {
-                String[] parsed = output.split("\t");
-                return Optional.of(parsed[parsed.length - 1]);
-            }
-
-            if (output.contains("    ")) {
-                String[] parsed = output.split("    ");
-                return Optional.of(parsed[parsed.length - 1].substring(0, parsed[parsed.length - 1].length() - 4));
-            }
-
-            return Optional.empty();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
+    public static Optional<String> readString(int hkey, String key) {
+        return readString(hkey,key, null);
     }
 
-    static class StreamReader extends Thread {
-        private final InputStream is;
-        private final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-
-        public StreamReader(InputStream is) {
-            this.is = is;
+    public static Optional<String> readString(int hkey, String key, String valueName) {
+        if (!Advapi32Util.registryValueExists(hkey == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ? WinReg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, key, valueName)) {
+            return Optional.empty();
         }
 
-        public void run() {
-            try {
-                int c;
-                while ((c = is.read()) != -1) sw.write(c);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                System.err.println(e.toString());
-            }
-        }
-
-        public String getResult() {
-            return sw.toString();
-        }
+        return Optional.ofNullable(Advapi32Util.registryGetStringValue(
+                hkey == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ? WinReg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, key, valueName));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extension/src/main/java/module-info.java b/extension/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 8dab653b..66afbdff 100644
--- a/extension/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/extension/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ open module io.xpipe.extension {
     requires io.xpipe.beacon;
     requires io.xpipe.api;
     requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
+    requires static com.sun.jna;
+    requires static com.sun.jna.platform;
     requires static org.junit.jupiter.api;
     requires static org.apache.commons.lang3;
     requires static javafx.base;
diff --git a/jreleaser.gradle b/jreleaser.gradle
index c3617b4b..87bf2264 100644
--- a/jreleaser.gradle
+++ b/jreleaser.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jreleaser {
 
         java {
             groupId = 'io.xpipe'
-            version = '17'
+            version = '19'
             multiProject = true
         }
     }