diff --git a/tests/inst/Cargo.toml b/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
index 31303f72..96c72e26 100644
--- a/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ strum = "0.18.0"
 strum_macros = "0.18.0"
 openat = "0.1.19"
 openat-ext = "0.1.4"
-nix = "0.20.0"
+nix = "0.23.0"
 # See discussion in https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/pull/2569#issuecomment-780569188
 rpmostree-client = { git = "https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree", tag = "v2021.3" }