diff --git a/.changes/rust-embed-revert.md b/.changes/rust-embed-revert.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aaa6a3b1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/rust-embed-revert.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-tauri-app": "patch"
+---
+
+Revert back to `rust-embed` 6.4.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3980cdaa4a..56f1f65ef2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ checksum = "3582f63211428f83597b51b2ddb88e2a91a9d52d12831f9d08f5e624e8977422"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
-version = "6.5.0"
+version = "6.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa80de5f776fa29ff3a2cca0870336fb293304c37737f303b6bc7ac0c00e754e"
+checksum = "283ffe2f866869428c92e0d61c2f35dfb4355293cdfdc48f49e895c15f1333d1"
 dependencies = [
  "include-flate",
  "rust-embed-impl",
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed-impl"
-version = "6.4.0"
+version = "6.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "301d857909c92e96893b03e7a048510da1bd16b814ef18c4826e7829b6095fed"
+checksum = "31ab23d42d71fb9be1b643fe6765d292c5e14d46912d13f3ae2815ca048ea04d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed-utils"
-version = "7.4.0"
+version = "7.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f52f7adca730960f96813a30bc943e43d0abe30c2e0ec3fd14632251dbd3f41"
+checksum = "c1669d81dfabd1b5f8e2856b8bbe146c6192b0ba22162edc738ac0a5de18f054"
 dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "walkdir",
diff --git a/packages/cli/Cargo.toml b/packages/cli/Cargo.toml
index bad5525552..24b6677d98 100644
--- a/packages/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 dialoguer = "0.10.2"
 pico-args = "0.5.0"
-rust-embed = { version = "6.5", features = [ "compression", "interpolate-folder-path" ] }
+rust-embed = { version = "6.4", features = [ "compression", "interpolate-folder-path" ] }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/template.rs b/packages/cli/src/template.rs
index 0430eefeed..7594eb9e10 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/template.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/template.rs
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ impl<'a> Template {
         let manifest = Manifest::parse(&manifest_str)?;
 
         let write_file = |file: &str| -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-            let fragment_file = Fragments::get(file).unwrap();
-            if fragment_file.metadata.is_dir() {
-                return Ok(());
-            }
-
             let manifest = manifest.clone();
 
             // remove the first component, which is certainly the fragment directory they were in before getting embeded into the binary
@@ -159,7 +154,7 @@ impl<'a> Template {
                 _ => &file_name,
             };
 
-            let mut data = fragment_file.data.to_vec();
+            let mut data = Fragments::get(file).unwrap().data.to_vec();
 
             // Only modify specific set of files
             if [
@@ -211,8 +206,8 @@ impl<'a> Template {
             path::PathBuf::from(e.to_string())
                 .components()
                 .next()
-                .map(|c| c.as_os_str())
-                .unwrap_or_default()
+                .unwrap()
+                .as_os_str()
                 == "base"
         }) {
             write_file(&file)?;
@@ -223,8 +218,8 @@ impl<'a> Template {
             path::PathBuf::from(e.to_string())
                 .components()
                 .next()
-                .map(|c| c.as_os_str())
-                .unwrap_or_default()
+                .unwrap()
+                .as_os_str()
                 == path::PathBuf::from(format!("fragment-{}", self))
         }) {
             write_file(&file)?;