diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a71350fa5b..77e8f73905 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ version = "3.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbcf33c2a618cbe41ee43ae6e9f2e48368cd9f9db2896f10167d8d762679f639"
 dependencies = [
- "nix 0.26.2",
+ "nix",
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2570,18 +2570,6 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f346ff70e7dbfd675fe90590b92d59ef2de15a8779ae305ebcbfd3f0caf59be4"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "bitflags",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.26.2"
@@ -2674,7 +2662,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "log",
  "miette",
- "nix 0.25.1",
+ "nix",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cli",
  "nu-cmd-lang",
@@ -3009,7 +2997,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libproc",
  "log",
  "mach2",
- "nix 0.25.1",
+ "nix",
  "ntapi",
  "once_cell",
  "procfs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3c3e39f49..9a8c933212 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ signal-hook = { version = "0.3.14", default-features = false }
 winres = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = [
+nix = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, features = [
 	"signal",
 	"process",
 	"fs",
diff --git a/crates/nu-system/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-system/Cargo.toml
index 8abcd54c4d..04fe674447 100644
--- a/crates/nu-system/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-system/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["fs", "term", "process", "signal"]}
+nix = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, features = ["fs", "term", "process", "signal"]}
 atty = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]