diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 51a615b..d883cd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rand_xorshift = "0.3.0"
 criterion = "0.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(linux)'.dependencies]
-nix = "0.23"
+nix = "0.26"
 
 [target.'cfg(linux)'.dev-dependencies]
 procfs =  { git = "https://github.com/eminence/procfs.git" }