diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
index f5442afde..98d695c94 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ attohttpc = { version = "0.11.1" }
 regex = { version = "1" }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
-handlebars = { version = "2.0" }
+handlebars = { version = "3.0" }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4" }
 zip = { version = "0.5" }
 sha2 = { version = "0.8" }
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/appimage_bundle.rs b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/appimage_bundle.rs
index 0f06c22af..e08a6a7bc 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/appimage_bundle.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/appimage_bundle.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 // Create handlebars template for shell script
 lazy_static! {
-  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars = {
+  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars<'static> = {
     let mut handlebars = Handlebars::new();
 
     handlebars
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/dmg_bundle.rs b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/dmg_bundle.rs
index 886d48c13..09535ff56 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/dmg_bundle.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/dmg_bundle.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 // Create handlebars template for shell scripts
 lazy_static! {
-  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars = {
+  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars<'static> = {
     let mut handlebars = Handlebars::new();
 
     handlebars
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
index 789da471f..42ec881bf 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const UUID_NAMESPACE: [u8; 16] = [
 
 // setup for the main.wxs template file using handlebars. Dynamically changes the template on compilation based on the application metadata.
 lazy_static! {
-  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars = {
+  static ref HANDLEBARS: Handlebars<'static> = {
     let mut handlebars = Handlebars::new();
 
     handlebars