diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 37e83740..ac4dbceb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -882,7 +882,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "itertools",
  "libcosmic",
- "nix 0.28.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rand",
  "ron",
@@ -1022,7 +1021,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "i18n-embed",
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "libcosmic",
- "nix 0.28.0",
  "ron",
  "rust-embed",
  "rust-embed-utils",
@@ -1045,10 +1043,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "libpulse-binding",
  "libpulse-glib-binding",
  "logind-zbus",
- "nix 0.28.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rust-embed",
  "rust-embed-utils",
+ "rustix 0.38.31",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-log",
@@ -1098,7 +1096,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "i18n-embed",
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "libcosmic",
- "nix 0.28.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rust-embed",
  "tokio",
@@ -1118,7 +1115,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "i18n-embed",
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "libcosmic",
- "nix 0.28.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rust-embed",
  "tokio",
@@ -3673,18 +3669,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.28.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab2156c4fce2f8df6c499cc1c763e4394b7482525bf2a9701c9d79d215f519e4"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "cfg_aliases 0.1.1",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
 version = "6.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7008aca8..cd6a1e69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ libcosmic = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic", default-features = fa
     "desktop",
     "dbus-config",
 ] }
-nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["user"] }
 rust-embed = "8.3"
 rust-embed-utils = "8.3.0"
+rustix = { version = "0.38", features = ["fs", "process"] }
 zbus = { version = "3.15", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/cosmic-app-list/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-app-list/Cargo.toml
index ecbd689f..03035faa 100644
--- a/cosmic-app-list/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-app-list/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ i18n-embed.workspace = true
 i18n-embed-fl.workspace = true
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 libcosmic.workspace = true
-nix.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1.19"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 ron = "0.8"
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-minimize/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-applet-minimize/Cargo.toml
index a534f472..38d76366 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-minimize/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-applet-minimize/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ once_cell = "1"
 png = "0.17.13"
 rust-embed-utils.workspace = true
 rust-embed.workspace = true
-rustix = { version = "0.38.31", features = ["fs"] }
+rustix.workspace = true
 tempfile = "3.10.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["sync", "macros"] }
 tracing-log.workspace = true
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-notifications/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-applet-notifications/Cargo.toml
index 3a1a2aa7..022e0e4a 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-notifications/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-applet-notifications/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 anyhow.workspace = true
 cosmic-time.workspace = true
 libcosmic.workspace = true
-nix.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = [
     "sync",
     "rt",
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-power/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-applet-power/Cargo.toml
index 54914a3b..355504ee 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-power/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-applet-power/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ libcosmic.workspace = true
 libpulse-binding = "2.28.1"
 libpulse-glib-binding = "2.28.1"
 logind-zbus = "3.1"
-nix.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 rust-embed-utils.workspace = true
 rust-embed.workspace = true
+rustix.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features=["full"] }
 tracing-log.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-power/src/lib.rs b/cosmic-applet-power/src/lib.rs
index 23febcfe..b97899a3 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-power/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cosmic-applet-power/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use cosmic::{app::Command, Element, Theme};
 use logind_zbus::manager::ManagerProxy;
 use logind_zbus::session::{SessionProxy, SessionType};
 use logind_zbus::user::UserProxy;
-use nix::unistd::getuid;
+use rustix::process::getuid;
 use zbus::Connection;
 
 pub mod cosmic_session;
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-time/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-applet-time/Cargo.toml
index 104475eb..a4718cd2 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-time/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-applet-time/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.35", features = ["clock"] }
 i18n-embed-fl.workspace = true
 i18n-embed.workspace = true
 libcosmic.workspace = true
-nix.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1"
 rust-embed.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["time"] }
diff --git a/cosmic-applet-workspaces/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-applet-workspaces/Cargo.toml
index a57b94af..b8598079 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-workspaces/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-applet-workspaces/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 libcosmic.workspace = true
 cctk.workspace = true
 cosmic-protocols.workspace = true
-nix.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 tracing-log.workspace = true