diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dcac3e5..b6ca4dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "bytesize",
  "enum_primitive",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "memfd",
  "memmap2",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clone3",
  "humantime",
  "humantime-serde",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "memfd",
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "convert_case",
  "darling",
  "humantime",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "static_assertions",
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.38"
@@ -691,6 +697,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -797,12 +812,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2eb04e9c688eff1c89d72b407f168cf79bb9e867a9d3323ed6c01519eb9cc053"
+checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "memoffset",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a375e73..8dc1fce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ members = [
 [workspace.dependencies]
 a653rs = "0.5"
 log = "0"
-nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["socket", "process", "fs", "uio", "signal", "user", "mount", "event", "sched"] }
+nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["socket", "process", "fs", "uio", "signal", "user", "mount", "event", "sched"] }
 memmap2 = "0.9"
 procfs = "0.16"
 polling = "3.4"
-itertools = "0.12.1"
+itertools = "0.13"
 once_cell = "1.19"
 bytesize = "1.1"
diff --git a/core/src/ipc.rs b/core/src/ipc.rs
index f4cd77e..db4fbc5 100644
--- a/core/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/core/src/ipc.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ where
         let io_fd = self.socket.as_raw_fd();
         match recvmsg::<()>(io_fd, &mut iov, Some(&mut cmsg), MsgFlags::MSG_DONTWAIT) {
             Ok(msg) => {
-                if let Some(ControlMessageOwned::ScmRights(fds)) = msg.cmsgs().next() {
+                if let Some(ControlMessageOwned::ScmRights(fds)) =
+                    msg.cmsgs().typ(SystemError::Panic)?.next()
+                {
                     if let &[raw_fd] = fds.as_slice() {
                         let sock = unsafe { T::from_raw_fd(raw_fd) };
                         return Ok(Some(sock));
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor/syscall.rs b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor/syscall.rs
index 31be990..2d73a84 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor/syscall.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor/syscall.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn recv_fd_triple(fd: BorrowedFd) -> Result<[OwnedFd; 3]> {
     let mut iov = [IoSliceMut::new(&mut iobuf)];
     let res = recvmsg::<()>(fd.as_raw_fd(), &mut iov, Some(&mut cmsg), MsgFlags::empty())?;
 
-    let fds: Vec<RawFd> = match res.cmsgs().next().unwrap() {
+    let fds: Vec<RawFd> = match res.cmsgs()?.next().unwrap() {
         ControlMessageOwned::ScmRights(fds) => fds,
         _ => bail!("received an unknown cmsg"),
     };
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn handle(fd: BorrowedFd, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<u32> {
 
         // Trigger the event
         let buf = 1_u64.to_ne_bytes();
-        unistd::write(event_fd.as_raw_fd(), &buf)?;
+        unistd::write(event_fd, &buf)?;
 
         nsyscalls += 1;
     }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::io::IoSlice;
     use std::os::fd::{AsFd, AsRawFd};
 
-    use nix::sys::eventfd::{eventfd, EfdFlags};
+    use nix::sys::eventfd::EventFd;
     use nix::sys::socket::{
         sendmsg, socketpair, AddressFamily, ControlMessage, SockFlag, SockType,
     };
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mod tests {
         let request_thread = std::thread::spawn(move || {
             let mut request_fd = Mfd::create("requ").unwrap();
             let mut response_fd = Mfd::create("resp").unwrap();
-            let event_fd = eventfd(0, EfdFlags::empty()).unwrap();
+            let event_fd = EventFd::new().unwrap();
 
             // Initialize the request fd
             request_fd
diff --git a/partition/src/syscall.rs b/partition/src/syscall.rs
index 228ae31..c69d6c2 100644
--- a/partition/src/syscall.rs
+++ b/partition/src/syscall.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::os::fd::{AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use nix::libc::EINTR;
-use nix::sys::eventfd::{self, EfdFlags};
+use nix::sys::eventfd::EventFd;
 use nix::sys::socket::{sendmsg, ControlMessage, MsgFlags};
 use polling::{Event, Events, Poller};
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn execute_fd(fd: BorrowedFd, request: SyscallRequest) -> Result<SyscallResponse
     // Create the file descriptor triple
     let mut request_fd = Mfd::create("requ")?;
     let mut response_fd = Mfd::create("resp")?;
-    let event_fd = eventfd::eventfd(0, EfdFlags::empty())?;
+    let event_fd = EventFd::new()?;
 
     // Initialize the request file descriptor
     request_fd.write(&request.serialize()?)?;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
 
-            let fds: Vec<OwnedFd> = match res.cmsgs().next().unwrap() {
+            let fds: Vec<OwnedFd> = match res.cmsgs().unwrap().next().unwrap() {
                 ControlMessageOwned::ScmRights(fds) => fds
                     .into_iter()
                     .map(|fd| unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(fd) })
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             // Trigger the eventfd
             let buf = 1_u64.to_ne_bytes();
-            unistd::write(event_fd.as_raw_fd(), &buf).unwrap();
+            unistd::write(event_fd, &buf).unwrap();
         });
 
         request_thread.join().unwrap();