diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b67e31838d..1b4202975d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ dolphin_find_optional_system_library_pkgconfig(ZSTD libzstd>=1.4.0 zstd::zstd Ex
 
 dolphin_find_optional_system_library_pkgconfig(ZLIB zlib>=1.3.1 ZLIB::ZLIB Externals/zlib-ng)
 
-dolphin_find_optional_system_library_pkgconfig(MINIZIP
-  "minizip>=4.0.4" minizip::minizip Externals/minizip-ng
+dolphin_find_optional_system_library_pkgconfig(minizip-ng
+  "minizip-ng>=4.0.4" minizip-ng::minizip-ng Externals/minizip-ng
 )
 
 dolphin_find_optional_system_library(LZO Externals/LZO)
diff --git a/Externals/minizip-ng/CMakeLists.txt b/Externals/minizip-ng/CMakeLists.txt
index bd62ba029b..0463305e74 100644
--- a/Externals/minizip-ng/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Externals/minizip-ng/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ include(CheckIncludeFile)
 add_library(minizip STATIC
   minizip-ng/mz.h
   # minizip-ng/compat/crypt.h
-  minizip-ng/compat/ioapi.c
-  minizip-ng/compat/ioapi.h
-  minizip-ng/compat/unzip.c
-  minizip-ng/compat/unzip.h
+  # minizip-ng/compat/ioapi.c
+  # minizip-ng/compat/ioapi.h
+  # minizip-ng/compat/unzip.c
+  # minizip-ng/compat/unzip.h
   # minizip-ng/compat/zip.c
   # minizip-ng/compat/zip.h
   minizip-ng/mz_crypt.c
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(minizip PUBLIC ZLIB::ZLIB)
 
-add_library(minizip::minizip ALIAS minizip)
+add_library(minizip-ng::minizip-ng ALIAS minizip)
diff --git a/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj b/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
index 4b6e7542fa..9f142dfb89 100644
--- a/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
+++ b/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\compat\ioapi.c" />
-    <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\compat\unzip.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\mz_crypt.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\mz_os.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\mz_os_win32.c" />
@@ -39,8 +37,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="minizip-ng\mz.h" />
-    <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\compat\ioapi.h" />
-    <ClCompile Include="minizip-ng\compat\unzip.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="minizip-ng\mz_crypt.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="minizip-ng\mz_os.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="minizip-ng\mz_strm.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index aca142b9cd..bbc3721a19 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ PUBLIC
   enet::enet
   fmt::fmt
   MbedTLS::mbedtls
-  minizip::minizip
+  minizip-ng::minizip-ng
   sfml-network
 
 PRIVATE
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/MinizipUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/MinizipUtil.h
index bf681cb8cf..c8e529effe 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/MinizipUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/MinizipUtil.h
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-#include <unzip.h>
+#include <mz.h>
+#include <mz_zip.h>
+#include <mz_zip_rw.h>
 
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/ScopeGuard.h"
@@ -13,14 +15,14 @@
 namespace Common
 {
 // Reads all of the current file. destination must be big enough to fit the whole file.
-inline bool ReadFileFromZip(unzFile file, u8* destination, u64 len)
+inline bool ReadFileFromZip(void* zip_reader, u8* destination, u64 len)
 {
   const u64 MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 65535;
 
-  if (unzOpenCurrentFile(file) != UNZ_OK)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_entry_open(zip_reader) != MZ_OK)
     return false;
 
-  Common::ScopeGuard guard{[&] { unzCloseCurrentFile(file); }};
+  Common::ScopeGuard guard{[&] { mz_zip_reader_entry_close(zip_reader); }};
 
   u64 bytes_to_go = len;
   while (bytes_to_go > 0)
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ inline bool ReadFileFromZip(unzFile file, u8* destination, u64 len)
     // NOTE: multiples of 4G can't cause read_len == 0 && bytes_to_go > 0, as MAX_BUFFER_SIZE is
     // small.
     const u32 read_len = static_cast<u32>(std::min(bytes_to_go, MAX_BUFFER_SIZE));
-    const int rv = unzReadCurrentFile(file, destination, read_len);
+    const int rv = mz_zip_reader_entry_read(zip_reader, destination, read_len);
     if (rv < 0)
       return false;
 
@@ -37,11 +39,11 @@ inline bool ReadFileFromZip(unzFile file, u8* destination, u64 len)
     destination += bytes_read;
   }
 
-  return unzEndOfFile(file) == 1;
+  return bytes_to_go == 0;
 }
 
 template <typename ContiguousContainer>
-bool ReadFileFromZip(unzFile file, ContiguousContainer* destination)
+bool ReadFileFromZip(void* file, ContiguousContainer* destination)
 {
   return ReadFileFromZip(file, reinterpret_cast<u8*>(destination->data()), destination->size());
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GBACore.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GBACore.cpp
index 9e81914524..cd379a17a6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GBACore.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GBACore.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include <mgba/core/timing.h>
 #include <mgba/internal/gb/gb.h>
 #include <mgba/internal/gba/gba.h>
+#include <mz.h>
+#include <mz_strm.h>
+#include <mz_zip.h>
+#include <mz_zip_rw.h>
 
 #include "AudioCommon/AudioCommon.h"
 #include "Common/ChunkFile.h"
@@ -88,21 +92,26 @@ static VFile* OpenROM_Archive(const char* path)
 static VFile* OpenROM_Zip(const char* path)
 {
   VFile* vf{};
-  unzFile zip = unzOpen(path);
-  if (!zip)
+  void* zip_reader = mz_zip_reader_create();
+  if (!zip_reader)
+    return {};
+
+  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { mz_zip_reader_delete(&zip_reader); }};
+
+  if (mz_zip_reader_open_file(zip_reader, path) != MZ_OK)
     return nullptr;
+
   do
   {
-    unz_file_info info{};
-    if (unzGetCurrentFileInfo(zip, &info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0) != UNZ_OK ||
-        !info.uncompressed_size)
+    mz_zip_file* info;
+    if (mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &info) != MZ_OK || !info->uncompressed_size)
       continue;
 
-    std::vector<u8> buffer(info.uncompressed_size);
-    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip, &buffer))
+    std::vector<u8> buffer(info->uncompressed_size);
+    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip_reader, &buffer))
       continue;
 
-    vf = VFileMemChunk(buffer.data(), info.uncompressed_size);
+    vf = VFileMemChunk(buffer.data(), info->uncompressed_size);
     if (mCoreIsCompatible(vf) == mPLATFORM_GBA)
     {
       vf->seek(vf, 0, SEEK_SET);
@@ -111,8 +120,7 @@ static VFile* OpenROM_Zip(const char* path)
 
     vf->close(vf);
     vf = nullptr;
-  } while (unzGoToNextFile(zip) == UNZ_OK);
-  unzClose(zip);
+  } while (mz_zip_reader_goto_next_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_END_OF_LIST);
   return vf;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 11fb5cf52a..884f3de4f2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ PUBLIC
 
 PRIVATE
   fmt::fmt
-  minizip::minizip
+  minizip-ng::minizip-ng
   pugixml
   ZLIB::ZLIB
 )
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/VolumeVerifier.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/VolumeVerifier.cpp
index db42bf6874..40e71d48dd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/VolumeVerifier.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/VolumeVerifier.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 
 #include <mbedtls/md5.h>
+#include <mz.h>
+#include <mz_strm.h>
+#include <mz_zip.h>
+#include <mz_zip_rw.h>
 #include <pugixml.hpp>
-#include <unzip.h>
 
 #include "Common/Align.h"
 #include "Common/Assert.h"
@@ -157,25 +160,28 @@ RedumpVerifier::DownloadStatus RedumpVerifier::DownloadDatfile(const std::string
 
 std::vector<u8> RedumpVerifier::ReadDatfile(const std::string& system)
 {
-  unzFile file = unzOpen(GetPathForSystem(system).c_str());
-  if (!file)
+  void* zip_reader = mz_zip_reader_create();
+  if (!zip_reader)
     return {};
 
-  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { unzClose(file); }};
+  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { mz_zip_reader_delete(&zip_reader); }};
+
+  if (mz_zip_reader_open_file(zip_reader, GetPathForSystem(system).c_str()) != MZ_OK)
+    return {};
 
   // Check that the zip file contains exactly one file
-  if (unzGoToFirstFile(file) != UNZ_OK)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_goto_first_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_OK)
     return {};
-  if (unzGoToNextFile(file) != UNZ_END_OF_LIST_OF_FILE)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_goto_next_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_END_OF_LIST)
     return {};
 
   // Read the file
-  if (unzGoToFirstFile(file) != UNZ_OK)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_goto_first_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_OK)
     return {};
-  unz_file_info file_info;
-  unzGetCurrentFileInfo(file, &file_info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
-  std::vector<u8> data(file_info.uncompressed_size);
-  if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(file, &data))
+  mz_zip_file* file_info;
+  mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &file_info);
+  std::vector<u8> data(file_info->uncompressed_size);
+  if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip_reader, data.data(), file_info->uncompressed_size))
     return {};
 
   return data;
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 7200bd500f..d57fdb811a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PUBLIC
   common
   core
   cpp-optparse
-  minizip::minizip
+  minizip-ng::minizip-ng
   pugixml
 
 PRIVATE
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/ResourcePack/ResourcePack.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/ResourcePack/ResourcePack.cpp
index 94c8a367ad..73f271c6bc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/ResourcePack/ResourcePack.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/ResourcePack/ResourcePack.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 #include <mz.h>
 #include <mz_os.h>
-#include <unzip.h>
+#include <mz_strm.h>
+#include <mz_zip.h>
+#include <mz_zip_rw.h>
 
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/Contains.h"
@@ -28,34 +30,45 @@ constexpr char TEXTURE_PATH[] = HIRES_TEXTURES_DIR DIR_SEP;
 
 ResourcePack::ResourcePack(const std::string& path) : m_path(path)
 {
-  auto file = unzOpen(path.c_str());
-  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { unzClose(file); }};
+  void* zip_reader = mz_zip_reader_create();
+  if (!zip_reader)
+  {
+    m_valid = false;
+    m_error = "Failed to create zip reader";
+    return;
+  }
 
-  if (file == nullptr)
+  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { mz_zip_reader_delete(&zip_reader); }};
+
+  if (mz_zip_reader_open_file(zip_reader, path.c_str()) != MZ_OK)
   {
     m_valid = false;
     m_error = "Failed to open resource pack";
     return;
   }
 
-  if (unzLocateFile(file, "manifest.json", 0) == UNZ_END_OF_LIST_OF_FILE)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_locate_entry(zip_reader, "manifest.json", 0) != MZ_OK)
   {
     m_valid = false;
     m_error = "Resource pack is missing a manifest.";
     return;
   }
 
-  unz_file_info64 manifest_info{};
-  unzGetCurrentFileInfo64(file, &manifest_info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
+  mz_zip_file* manifest_info;
+  if (mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &manifest_info) != MZ_OK)
+  {
+    m_valid = false;
+    m_error = "Failed to access manifest.json";
+    return;
+  }
 
-  std::string manifest_contents(manifest_info.uncompressed_size, '\0');
-  if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(file, &manifest_contents))
+  std::string manifest_contents(manifest_info->uncompressed_size, '\0');
+  if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip_reader, &manifest_contents))
   {
     m_valid = false;
     m_error = "Failed to read manifest.json";
     return;
   }
-  unzCloseCurrentFile(file);
 
   m_manifest = std::make_shared<Manifest>(manifest_contents);
   if (!m_manifest->IsValid())
@@ -65,14 +78,14 @@ ResourcePack::ResourcePack(const std::string& path) : m_path(path)
     return;
   }
 
-  if (unzLocateFile(file, "logo.png", 0) != UNZ_END_OF_LIST_OF_FILE)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_locate_entry(zip_reader, "logo.png", 0) == MZ_OK)
   {
-    unz_file_info64 logo_info{};
-    unzGetCurrentFileInfo64(file, &logo_info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
+    mz_zip_file* logo_info;
+    mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &logo_info);
 
-    m_logo_data.resize(logo_info.uncompressed_size);
+    m_logo_data.resize(logo_info->uncompressed_size);
 
-    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(file, &m_logo_data))
+    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip_reader, &m_logo_data))
     {
       m_valid = false;
       m_error = "Failed to read logo.png";
@@ -80,21 +93,20 @@ ResourcePack::ResourcePack(const std::string& path) : m_path(path)
     }
   }
 
-  unzGoToFirstFile(file);
+  mz_zip_reader_goto_first_entry(zip_reader);
 
   do
   {
     std::string filename(256, '\0');
 
-    unz_file_info64 texture_info{};
-    unzGetCurrentFileInfo64(file, &texture_info, filename.data(), static_cast<u16>(filename.size()),
-                            nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
+    mz_zip_file* texture_info;
+    mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &texture_info);
 
-    if (!filename.starts_with("textures/") || texture_info.uncompressed_size == 0)
+    if (!filename.starts_with("textures/") || texture_info->uncompressed_size == 0)
       continue;
 
     // If a texture is compressed and the manifest doesn't state that, abort.
-    if (!m_manifest->IsCompressed() && texture_info.compression_method != 0)
+    if (!m_manifest->IsCompressed() && texture_info->compression_method != 0)
     {
       m_valid = false;
       m_error = "Texture " + filename + " is compressed!";
@@ -102,7 +114,7 @@ ResourcePack::ResourcePack(const std::string& path) : m_path(path)
     }
 
     m_textures.push_back(filename.substr(9));
-  } while (unzGoToNextFile(file) != UNZ_END_OF_LIST_OF_FILE);
+  } while (mz_zip_reader_goto_next_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_END_OF_LIST);
 }
 
 bool ResourcePack::IsValid() const
@@ -143,29 +155,35 @@ bool ResourcePack::Install(const std::string& path)
     return false;
   }
 
-  auto file = unzOpen(m_path.c_str());
-  if (file == nullptr)
+  void* zip_reader = mz_zip_reader_create();
+  if (!zip_reader)
+  {
+    m_valid = false;
+    m_error = "Failed to create zip reader";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { mz_zip_reader_delete(&zip_reader); }};
+
+  if (mz_zip_reader_open_file(zip_reader, m_path.c_str()) != MZ_OK)
   {
     m_valid = false;
     m_error = "Failed to open resource pack";
     return false;
   }
-  Common::ScopeGuard file_guard{[&] { unzClose(file); }};
 
-  if (unzGoToFirstFile(file) != MZ_OK)
+  if (mz_zip_reader_goto_first_entry(zip_reader) != MZ_OK)
     return false;
 
-  std::string texture_zip_path;
   do
   {
-    texture_zip_path.resize(UINT16_MAX + 1, '\0');
-    unz_file_info64 texture_info{};
-    if (unzGetCurrentFileInfo64(file, &texture_info, texture_zip_path.data(), UINT16_MAX, nullptr,
-                                0, nullptr, 0) != MZ_OK)
+    mz_zip_file* texture_info{};
+    if (mz_zip_reader_entry_get_info(zip_reader, &texture_info) != MZ_OK)
     {
       return false;
     }
-    TruncateToCString(&texture_zip_path);
+
+    const std::string texture_zip_path = texture_info->filename;
 
     const std::string texture_zip_path_prefix = "textures/";
     if (!texture_zip_path.starts_with(texture_zip_path_prefix))
@@ -203,9 +221,9 @@ bool ResourcePack::Install(const std::string& path)
       return false;
     }
 
-    const size_t data_size = static_cast<size_t>(texture_info.uncompressed_size);
+    const size_t data_size = static_cast<size_t>(texture_info->uncompressed_size);
     auto data = std::make_unique<u8[]>(data_size);
-    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(file, data.get(), data_size))
+    if (!Common::ReadFileFromZip(zip_reader, data.get(), data_size))
     {
       m_error = "Failed to read texture " + texture;
       return false;
@@ -222,7 +240,8 @@ bool ResourcePack::Install(const std::string& path)
       m_error = "Failed to write " + texture;
       return false;
     }
-  } while (unzGoToNextFile(file) == MZ_OK);
+
+  } while (mz_zip_reader_goto_next_entry(zip_reader) == MZ_OK);
 
   SetInstalled(*this, true);
   return true;