diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index 4bc41b5a6f..6c6c216479 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "netlink-packet-core",
  "netlink-packet-route",
  "netlink-sys 0.7.0",
- "nix 0.24.3",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
  "oci-spec",
  "opentelemetry",
  "procfs 0.12.0",
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "mockall",
- "nix 0.24.3",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
  "oci-spec",
  "once_cell",
  "pci-ids",
@@ -3669,7 +3669,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "libseccomp",
- "nix 0.24.3",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
  "oci-spec",
  "path-absolutize",
  "protobuf 3.7.2",
@@ -4233,7 +4233,7 @@ checksum = "8f50febec83f5ee1df3015341d8bd429f2d1cc62bcba7ea2076759d315084683"
 name = "test-utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "nix 0.24.3",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index 7d6c164045..d2580909ea 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 ttrpc = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["async"], default-features = false }
 protobuf = "3.7.2"
 libc = "0.2.94"
-nix = "0.24.2"
+# Notes: nix needs to stay in sync with libs
+nix = "0.26.4"
 capctl = "0.2.0"
 scan_fmt = "0.2.6"
 scopeguard = "1.0.0"