diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3fae041..7930007c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "efe70e65a5b092161d17f5005b66e5eefe7a94a70c332e755036fc4af78c4e79"
 dependencies = [
- "vmm-sys-util",
+ "vmm-sys-util 0.11.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ checksum = "9bdde2b46ee7b6587ef79f751019c4726c4f2d3e4628df5d69f3f9c5cb6c6bd4"
 dependencies = [
  "kvm-bindings",
  "libc",
- "vmm-sys-util",
+ "vmm-sys-util 0.11.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tun-tap",
  "uhyve-interface",
  "virtio-bindings",
- "vmm-sys-util",
+ "vmm-sys-util 0.12.1",
  "x86_64",
  "xhypervisor",
 ]
@@ -1513,6 +1513,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vmm-sys-util"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d1435039746e20da4f8d507a72ee1b916f7b4b05af7a91c093d2c6561934ede"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "volatile"
 version = "0.4.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 42198ec3..6930af17 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ mac_address = "1.1"
 nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["mman", "pthread", "signal"] }
 tun-tap = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 virtio-bindings = { version = "0.2", features = ["virtio-v4_14_0"] }
-vmm-sys-util = "0.11"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.12"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 burst = "0.0"