<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" version="5.0" xml:id="ch-upgrading-nix"> <title>Upgrading Nix</title> <para> Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running <command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update && nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>. </para> <para> Single-user installations of Nix should run <command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>. </para> </chapter>