diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index fb10ad35b1..ee32dc420b 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "logging",
  "netlink-packet-utils",
  "netlink-sys",
- "nix 0.23.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "opentelemetry",
  "procfs",
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kata-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
- "nix 0.23.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "once_cell",
  "rand 0.7.3",
@@ -918,6 +918,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "memoffset",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f17df307904acd05aa8e32e97bb20f2a0df1728bbc2d771ae8f9a90463441e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ntapi"
 version = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index 49c7e32a36..1d20766b2e 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 ttrpc = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["async"], default-features = false }
 protobuf = "2.27.0"
 libc = "0.2.58"
-nix = "0.23.0"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 capctl = "0.2.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 scan_fmt = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/src/agent/src/console.rs b/src/agent/src/console.rs
index c705af1b71..8f1ae5ff32 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/console.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/console.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use nix::fcntl::{self, FcntlArg, FdFlag, OFlag};
 use nix::libc::{STDERR_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO};
 use nix::pty::{openpty, OpenptyResult};
-use nix::sys::socket::{self, AddressFamily, SockAddr, SockFlag, SockType};
+use nix::sys::socket::{self, AddressFamily, SockFlag, SockType, VsockAddr};
 use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
 use nix::sys::wait;
 use nix::unistd::{self, close, dup2, fork, setsid, ForkResult, Pid};
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub async fn debug_console_handler(
             SockFlag::SOCK_CLOEXEC,
             None,
         )?;
-        let addr = SockAddr::new_vsock(libc::VMADDR_CID_ANY, port);
+        let addr = VsockAddr::new(libc::VMADDR_CID_ANY, port);
         socket::bind(listenfd, &addr)?;
         socket::listen(listenfd, 1)?;
 
diff --git a/src/agent/src/main.rs b/src/agent/src/main.rs
index 6a023e093e..ecf7a7b9df 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern crate slog;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use clap::{AppSettings, Parser};
 use nix::fcntl::OFlag;
-use nix::sys::socket::{self, AddressFamily, SockAddr, SockFlag, SockType};
+use nix::sys::socket::{self, AddressFamily, SockFlag, SockType, VsockAddr};
 use nix::unistd::{self, dup, Pid};
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ async fn create_logger_task(rfd: RawFd, vsock_port: u32, shutdown: Receiver<bool
             None,
         )?;
 
-        let addr = SockAddr::new_vsock(libc::VMADDR_CID_ANY, vsock_port);
+        let addr = VsockAddr::new(libc::VMADDR_CID_ANY, vsock_port);
         socket::bind(listenfd, &addr)?;
         socket::listen(listenfd, 1)?;
 
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/Cargo.toml b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/Cargo.toml
index 781d0a5bb5..eb8759e6f5 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ common-path = "=1.0.0"
 fail = "0.5.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.100"
-nix = "0.23.0"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.73"
 slog = "2.5.2"
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/mount.rs b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/mount.rs
index c659fb6280..66e47998fb 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/mount.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/mount.rs
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ const PROC_DEVICE_INDEX: usize = 0;
 const PROC_PATH_INDEX: usize = 1;
 const PROC_TYPE_INDEX: usize = 2;
 
-// Sadly nix/libc doesn't have UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW although it's there since Linux 2.6.34
-const UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW: i32 = 0x8;
-
 lazy_static! {
     static ref MAX_MOUNT_PARAM_SIZE: usize =
         if let Ok(Some(v)) = unistd::sysconf(unistd::SysconfVar::PAGE_SIZE) {
@@ -763,7 +760,7 @@ pub fn umount_all<P: AsRef<Path>>(mountpoint: P, lazy_umount: bool) -> Result<()
 // Counterpart of nix::umount2, with support of `UMOUNT_FOLLOW`.
 fn umount2<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, lazy_umount: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let path_ptr = path.as_ref().as_os_str().as_bytes().as_ptr() as *const c_char;
-    let mut flags = UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW;
+    let mut flags = MntFlags::UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW.bits();
     if lazy_umount {
         flags |= MntFlags::MNT_DETACH.bits();
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
index 606170aa37..8a0b9c0b85 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kata-sys-util",
  "kata-types",
  "lazy_static",
- "nix 0.23.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "protobuf",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kata-types",
  "libc",
  "logging",
- "nix 0.16.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "seccompiler",
  "serde_json",
  "slog",
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kata-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
- "nix 0.23.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "once_cell",
  "rand 0.7.3",
@@ -1462,6 +1462,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
+ "memoffset",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2029,7 +2030,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "logging",
  "netlink-packet-route",
  "netlink-sys",
- "nix 0.16.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rtnetlink",
@@ -2261,7 +2262,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "logging",
- "nix 0.23.1",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "oci",
  "protobuf",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 3201b4ee26..0de423b6bf 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1.48"
 dbs-utils = "0.1.0"
 go-flag = "0.1.0"
 libc = ">=0.2.39"
-nix = "0.16.1"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 seccompiler = "0.2.0"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 slog = "2.5.2"
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/Cargo.toml
index e5fe51bb2e..463c5d5071 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = ">=0.2.39"
 netlink-sys = "0.8.3"
 netlink-packet-route = "0.12.0"
-nix = "0.16.0"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 rand = "^0.7.2"
 rtnetlink = "0.10.0"
 scopeguard = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs_standalone.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs_standalone.rs
index ab0ef9af47..9c798d7467 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs_standalone.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs_standalone.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl ShareVirtioFsStandalone {
             info!(sl!(), "shutdown virtiofsd pid {}", pid);
             let pid = ::nix::unistd::Pid::from_raw(pid as i32);
             if let Err(err) = ::nix::sys::signal::kill(pid, nix::sys::signal::SIGKILL) {
-                if err != ::nix::Error::Sys(nix::errno::Errno::ESRCH) {
+                if err != ::nix::Error::ESRCH {
                     return Err(anyhow!("failed to kill virtiofsd pid {} {}", pid, err));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
index f82b4473e1..56cec862c2 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ anyhow = "^1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.48"
 containerd-shim-protos = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["async"]}
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-nix = "0.23.1"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 protobuf = "2.27.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 slog = "2.5.2"
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
index 87d0533e44..ecc0e4751d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ containerd-shim-protos = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["async"]}
 go-flag = "0.1.0"
 libc = "0.2.108"
 log = "0.4.14"
-nix = "0.23.1"
+nix = "0.24.1"
 protobuf = "2.27.0"
 sha2 = "=0.9.3"
 slog = {version = "2.5.2", features = ["std", "release_max_level_trace", "max_level_trace"]}