diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index 20dad33..9ffd0f0 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ vm-memory = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"]
 vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["fs"] }
+nix = { version = "0.28", features = ["fs"] }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.10", features = ["test-utils", "vhost-user-frontend", "vhost-user-backend"] }
 vm-memory = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "backend-bitmap"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"