diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d7f9272438..529e1ec358e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1712,9 +1712,9 @@ checksum = "6ac9a59f73473f1b8d852421e59e64809f025994837ef743615c6d0c5b305160"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platform-info"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e7c23cfae725ae06d9e43010153fa77bdfa8c827bf08fe4beeb2a3514e6be12"
+checksum = "827dc4f7a81331d48c8abf11b5ac18673b390d33e9632327e286d940289aefab"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "winapi",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 595be01f46c..09926770923 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ onig = { version = "~6.4", default-features = false }
 ouroboros = "0.15.6"
 phf = "0.11.1"
 phf_codegen = "0.11.1"
-platform-info = "1.0.2"
+platform-info = "2.0.1"
 quick-error = "2.0.1"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
 rand_core = "0.6"
diff --git a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
index a2208d8b031..61131caa944 100644
--- a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 use platform_info::*;
 
 use clap::{crate_version, Command};
-use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
+use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::{help_about, help_section};
 
 static ABOUT: &str = help_about!("arch.md");
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ static SUMMARY: &str = help_section!("after help", "arch.md");
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
-    let uts = PlatformInfo::new().map_err_context(|| "cannot get system name".to_string())?;
-    println!("{}", uts.machine().trim());
+    let uts = match PlatformInfo::new() {
+        Ok(x) => x,
+        Err(_e) => return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "cannot get system name")),
+    };
+
+    println!("{}", uts.machine().to_string_lossy().trim());
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs b/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
index df744dd8509..8b867923454 100644
--- a/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use platform_info::*;
 use uucore::{
-    error::{FromIo, UResult},
+    error::{UResult, USimpleError},
     format_usage, help_about, help_usage,
 };
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ pub mod options {
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
-    let uname =
-        PlatformInfo::new().map_err_context(|| "failed to create PlatformInfo".to_string())?;
+    let uname = PlatformInfo::new().map_err(|_e| USimpleError::new(1, "cannot get system name"))?;
+
     let mut output = String::new();
 
     let all = matches.get_flag(options::ALL);
@@ -61,33 +61,32 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         || hardware_platform);
 
     if kernel_name || all || none {
-        output.push_str(&uname.sysname());
+        output.push_str(&uname.sysname().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }
 
     if nodename || all {
-        // maint: [2023-01-14; rivy] remove `.trim_end_matches('\0')` when platform-info nodename-NUL bug is fixed (see GH:uutils/platform-info/issues/32)
-        output.push_str(uname.nodename().trim_end_matches('\0'));
+        output.push_str(&uname.nodename().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }
 
     if kernel_release || all {
-        output.push_str(&uname.release());
+        output.push_str(&uname.release().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }
 
     if kernel_version || all {
-        output.push_str(&uname.version());
+        output.push_str(&uname.version().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }
 
     if machine || all {
-        output.push_str(&uname.machine());
+        output.push_str(&uname.machine().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }
 
     if os || all {
-        output.push_str(&uname.osname());
+        output.push_str(&uname.osname().to_string_lossy());
         output.push(' ');
     }