diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a8ba3a104..4f3536ebc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1417,13 +1417,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "quickcheck",
  "regex",
- "regex-cursor",
- "ropey",
+ "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "slotmap",
  "smallvec",
  "smartstring",
+ "str_indices",
  "textwrap",
  "toml",
  "tree-house",
@@ -1525,8 +1526,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "etcetera",
  "once_cell",
  "regex-automata",
- "regex-cursor",
- "ropey",
+ "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
  "tempfile",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -2331,7 +2332,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "regex-automata",
  "regex-syntax",
- "ropey",
+ "ropey 1.6.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-cursor"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2#7b8facc3b184da133f86f7c46de3d18d16708bcc"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "ropey 1.6.1",
+ "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2350,6 +2364,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "str_indices",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ropey"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a6bae11a8c92fe67ffe2817f38315372f113617978665635147fd5eb6b789c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "str_indices",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -2801,16 +2824,15 @@ checksum = "bfb942dfe1d8e29a7ee7fcbde5bd2b9a25fb89aa70caea2eba3bee836ff41076"
 [[package]]
 name = "tree-house"
 version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "679e3296e503901cd9f6e116be5a43a9270222215bf6c78b4b1f4af5c3dcc62d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/helix-editor/tree-house?branch=ropey2#d24f15c081faf4b78eb5c9161818f2aaeeaf64f1"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "hashbrown 0.15.3",
  "kstring",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "regex-cursor",
- "ropey",
+ "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "slab",
  "tree-house-bindings",
 ]
@@ -2818,13 +2840,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tree-house-bindings"
 version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "690809022f44e3d2329882649724b6e0027ade3fada65e4631d303e744dc32b4"
+source = "git+https://github.com/helix-editor/tree-house?branch=ropey2#d24f15c081faf4b78eb5c9161818f2aaeeaf64f1"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libloading",
- "regex-cursor",
- "ropey",
+ "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab399829c..59ecad6f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,16 +37,18 @@ package.helix-tui.opt-level = 2
 package.helix-term.opt-level = 2
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-tree-house = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
+tree-house = { git = "https://github.com/helix-editor/tree-house", branch = "ropey2", default-features = false }
 nucleo = "0.5.0"
 slotmap = "1.0.7"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 tempfile = "3.20.0"
 bitflags = "2.9"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.2"
-ropey = { version = "1.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
+ropey = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.3", default-features = false, features = ["metric_chars", "metric_utf16", "metric_lines_lf_cr"] }
+str_indices = "0.4"
 foldhash = "0.1"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
+regex-cursor = { git = "https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git", branch = "ropey2", features = ["ropey2"] }
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "25.1.1"
diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index b05207615..c2f9d5118 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-unicode-lines = ["ropey/unicode_lines"]
+unicode-lines = ["ropey/metric_lines_unicode"]
 integration = []
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 helix-parsec = { path = "../helix-parsec" }
 
 ropey.workspace = true
+str_indices.workspace = true
 smallvec = "1.15"
 smartstring = "1.0.1"
 unicode-segmentation.workspace = true
diff --git a/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml b/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
index a41dee839..c13b94ffa 100644
--- a/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dunce = "1.0"
 etcetera = "0.10"
 ropey.workspace = true
 which = "7.0"
-regex-cursor = "0.1.5"
+regex-cursor.workspace = true
 bitflags.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1.21"
 regex-automata = "0.4.9"