diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 899c5b20..feef7bce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ members = [
 virtio-bindings = "0.2.1"
 virtio-queue = "0.14.0"
 vm-memory = "0.16.0"
-vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index af74ca8e..09d36cf4 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "b
 vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["fs"] }
+nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["fs"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features=["v4"] }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.13.0", features = ["test-utils", "vhost-user-frontend", "vhost-user-backend"] }
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }