diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 57997352af..85fbd707bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1853,18 +1853,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "cc 1.0.47 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "cfg-if 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libc 0.2.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.16.0"
@@ -3334,7 +3322,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "matches 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memmap 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "nix 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.16.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand_chacha 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3517,7 +3505,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "nix 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.16.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.9.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3761,7 +3749,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "nix 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.16.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -5653,7 +5641,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum new_debug_unreachable 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f40f005c60db6e03bae699e414c58bf9aa7ea02a2d0b9bfbcf19286cc4c82b30"
 "checksum nibble_vec 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c8d77f3db4bce033f4d04db08079b2ef1c3d02b44e86f25d08886fafa7756ffa"
 "checksum nix 0.14.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6c722bee1037d430d0f8e687bbdbf222f27cc6e4e68d5caf630857bb2b6dbdce"
-"checksum nix 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3b2e0b4f3320ed72aaedb9a5ac838690a8047c7b275da22711fddff4f8a14229"
 "checksum nix 0.16.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "19a8300bf427d432716764070ff70d5b2b7801c958b9049686e6cbd8b06fad92"
 "checksum nodrop 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2f9667ddcc6cc8a43afc9b7917599d7216aa09c463919ea32c59ed6cac8bc945"
 "checksum nom 4.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2ad2a91a8e869eeb30b9cb3119ae87773a8f4ae617f41b1eb9c154b2905f7bd6"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 4e4aeb035c..322b306f99 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.66"
 log = "0.4.8"
 memmap = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
-nix = "0.15.0"
+nix = "0.16.0"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 rand = "0.6.5"
 rand_chacha = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/install/Cargo.toml b/install/Cargo.toml
index b9c8094db9..f1cea8f4b9 100644
--- a/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dirs = "2.0.2"
 indicatif = "0.13.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-nix = "0.15.0"
+nix = "0.16.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.9.22", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
 serde = "1.0.103"
 serde_derive = "1.0.103"
diff --git a/net-utils/Cargo.toml b/net-utils/Cargo.toml
index 903d8f9a74..259563a705 100644
--- a/net-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bincode = "1.2.0"
 bytes = "0.4"
 clap = "2.33.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-nix = "0.15.0"
+nix = "0.16.0"
 rand = "0.6.1"
 serde = "1.0.103"
 serde_derive = "1.0.103"