diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf5efc6a02..1d905362d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ 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 0.16.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.11 (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)",
@@ -3931,7 +3931,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif 0.14.0 (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 0.16.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -4187,7 +4187,7 @@ 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 0.16.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -4402,7 +4402,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "nix 0.16.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "solana-clap-utils 0.24.0",
  "solana-logger 0.24.0",
@@ -6208,7 +6208,7 @@ 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 0.16.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dd0eaf8df8bab402257e0a5c17a254e4cc1f72a93588a1ddfb5d356c801aa7cb"
+"checksum nix 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "50e4785f2c3b7589a0d0c1dd60285e1188adac4006e8abd6dd578e1567027363"
 "checksum nodrop 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2f9667ddcc6cc8a43afc9b7917599d7216aa09c463919ea32c59ed6cac8bc945"
 "checksum nom 3.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "05aec50c70fd288702bcd93284a8444607f3292dbdf2a30de5ea5dcdbe72287b"
 "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 37c2efcb45..2b1102313b 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jsonrpc-ws-server = "14.0.5"
 libc = "0.2.66"
 log = "0.4.8"
 memmap = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
-nix = "0.16.1"
+nix = "0.17.0"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 rand = "0.6.5"
 rand_chacha = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/install/Cargo.toml b/install/Cargo.toml
index d9835d0b44..0f72e8b208 100644
--- a/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dirs = "2.0.2"
 indicatif = "0.14.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-nix = "0.16.1"
+nix = "0.17.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"] }
 serde = "1.0.104"
 serde_derive = "1.0.103"
diff --git a/net-utils/Cargo.toml b/net-utils/Cargo.toml
index be4760ecf8..3eb913fbef 100644
--- a/net-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bincode = "1.2.1"
 bytes = "0.4"
 clap = "2.33.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-nix = "0.16.1"
+nix = "0.17.0"
 rand = "0.6.1"
 serde = "1.0.104"
 serde_derive = "1.0.103"
diff --git a/sys-tuner/Cargo.toml b/sys-tuner/Cargo.toml
index b56d8fe42f..92f0b6862f 100644
--- a/sys-tuner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sys-tuner/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ solana-logger = { path = "../logger", version = "0.24.0" }
 [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
 unix_socket2 = "0.5.4"
 users = "0.9.1"
-nix = "0.16.1"
+nix = "0.17.0"
 sysctl = "0.4.0"
 
 [lib]