diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c8cd2c..12616fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde-inline-default",
  "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
  "toml",
  "toml_edit",
  "walkdir",
@@ -688,9 +689,9 @@ checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.37"
+version = "0.38.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8acb788b847c24f28525660c4d7758620a7210875711f79e7f663cc152726811"
+checksum = "99e4ea3e1cdc4b559b8e5650f9c8e5998e3e5c1343b4eaf034565f32318d63c0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
@@ -806,9 +807,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.13.0"
+version = "3.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0f2c9fc62d0beef6951ccffd757e241266a2c833136efbe35af6cd2567dca5b"
+checksum = "28cce251fcbc87fac86a866eeb0d6c2d536fc16d06f184bb61aeae11aa4cee0c"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70ebabf..cab5be6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ hostname = "0.4.0"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 toml_edit = "0.22.22"
 which = '7.0.0'
+tempfile = "3.14.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.16"
diff --git a/src/backends/winget.rs b/src/backends/winget.rs
index 165a36d..6a56fdd 100644
--- a/src/backends/winget.rs
+++ b/src/backends/winget.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use std::io::Read;
 
 use color_eyre::Result;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::Value;
 
-use crate::cmd::{command_found, run_command, run_command_for_stdout};
+use crate::cmd::{command_found, run_command};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, derive_more::Display)]
@@ -31,11 +33,29 @@ impl Backend for WinGet {
             return Ok(BTreeMap::new());
         }
 
-        let explicit = run_command_for_stdout(["winget", "list", "--id"], Perms::Same)?;
+        //TODO: refactor if https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/184 or https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/4267 are ever fixed
+        let mut tempfile = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;
+        run_command(
+            ["winget", "export", tempfile.path().to_str().unwrap()],
+            Perms::Same,
+        )?;
 
-        Ok(explicit
-            .lines()
-            .map(|x| (x.to_string(), WinGetQueryInfo {}))
+        let mut export = String::new();
+        tempfile.read_to_string(&mut export)?;
+
+        let export: Value = serde_json::from_str(&export)?;
+
+        Ok(export["Sources"]
+            .as_array()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|x| x["Packages"].as_array().unwrap())
+            .map(|x| {
+                (
+                    x["PackageIdentifier"].as_str().unwrap().to_string(),
+                    WinGetQueryInfo {},
+                )
+            })
             .collect())
     }
 
@@ -46,7 +66,7 @@ impl Backend for WinGet {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         if !packages.is_empty() {
             run_command(
-                ["winget", "install", "--id", "--exact"]
+                ["winget", "install"]
                     .into_iter()
                     .chain(packages.keys().map(String::as_str)),
                 Perms::Same,
@@ -59,7 +79,7 @@ impl Backend for WinGet {
     fn remove_packages(packages: &BTreeSet<String>, _: bool, _: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         if !packages.is_empty() {
             run_command(
-                ["winget", "uninstall", "--id", "--exact"]
+                ["winget", "uninstall"]
                     .into_iter()
                     .chain(packages.iter().map(String::as_str)),
                 Perms::Same,