diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92f1510..b8be968 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1307,6 +1307,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fd16c4719339c4530435d38e511904438d07cce7950afa3718a84ac36c10e89e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cgroups-rs"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -1527,7 +1533,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "conformance-tests 0.1.0",
  "log",
- "nix 0.28.0",
+ "nix 0.29.0",
  "test-environment",
 ]
 
@@ -4625,11 +4631,23 @@ checksum = "ab2156c4fce2f8df6c499cc1c763e4394b7482525bf2a9701c9d79d215f519e4"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "cfg_aliases",
+ "cfg_aliases 0.1.1",
  "libc",
  "memoffset 0.9.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "5.1.3"
@@ -5686,7 +5704,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "059a34f111a9dee2ce1ac2826a68b24601c4298cfeb1a587c3cb493d5ab46f52"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "nix 0.28.0",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/conformance-tests/Cargo.toml b/conformance-tests/Cargo.toml
index b815736..6e14f45 100644
--- a/conformance-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/conformance-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 anyhow = "1.0"
 conformance-tests = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/conformance-tests", ref = "db0ee32a825561d35f884a246e1d390134d78823"  }
 log = "0.4"
-nix = "0.28"
+nix = "0.29"
 test-environment = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/conformance-tests", ref = "db0ee32a825561d35f884a246e1d390134d78823" }