diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f0040925ea..42ca881ea4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ project(":desktop"){
 
         implementation "com.github.Anuken:steamworks4j:$steamworksVersion"
 
-        implementation arcModule("backends:backend-sdl")
+        implementation arcModule("backends:backend-sdl3")
         annotationProcessor 'com.github.Anuken:jabel:0.9.0'
     }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/mindustry/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java b/desktop/src/mindustry/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
index cb0e8b1524..840a08d70f 100644
--- a/desktop/src/mindustry/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
+++ b/desktop/src/mindustry/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package mindustry.desktop;
 import arc.*;
 import arc.Files.*;
 import arc.backend.sdl.*;
-import arc.backend.sdl.jni.*;
 import arc.discord.*;
 import arc.discord.DiscordRPC.*;
 import arc.files.*;
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import mindustry.net.*;
 import mindustry.net.Net.*;
 import mindustry.service.*;
 import mindustry.type.*;
+import org.lwjgl.sdl.*;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
@@ -414,6 +414,6 @@ public class DesktopLauncher extends ClientLauncher{
     }
 
     private static void message(String message){
-        SDL.SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL.SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, "oh no", message);
+        SDLMessageBox.SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDLMessageBox.SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, "oh no", message, 0);
     }
 }