diff --git a/build-aux/release.sh b/build-aux/release.sh
index bdbe7964cb..5cf8ca088d 100755
--- a/build-aux/release.sh
+++ b/build-aux/release.sh
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ mkdir -p /nix
 NIX_ARGS="--extra-experimental-features nix-command --print-build-logs --option cores $(nproc) --option max-jobs $(nproc)"
 
 for ARCH in amd64 arm64 ppc64le riscv64 s390x; do
-    $RUNTIME run --rm $RUNTIME_EXTRA_ARGS --privileged -v /nix:/nix -v ${PWD}:${PWD} -w ${PWD} ${NIX_IMAGE} \
+    $RUNTIME run --init --rm $RUNTIME_EXTRA_ARGS --privileged -v /nix:/nix -v ${PWD}:${PWD} -w ${PWD} ${NIX_IMAGE} \
         nix $NIX_ARGS build --max-jobs auto --file nix/default-${ARCH}.nix
     cp ./result/bin/crun $OUTDIR/crun-$VERSION-linux-${ARCH}
 
     rm -rf result
 
-    $RUNTIME run --rm $RUNTIME_EXTRA_ARGS --privileged -v /nix:/nix -v ${PWD}:${PWD} -w ${PWD} ${NIX_IMAGE} \
+    $RUNTIME run --init --rm $RUNTIME_EXTRA_ARGS --privileged -v /nix:/nix -v ${PWD}:${PWD} -w ${PWD} ${NIX_IMAGE} \
         nix $NIX_ARGS build --max-jobs auto --file nix/default-${ARCH}.nix --arg enableSystemd false
     cp ./result/bin/crun $OUTDIR/crun-$VERSION-linux-${ARCH}-disable-systemd
 
diff --git a/nix/nixpkgs.json b/nix/nixpkgs.json
index dac02ea812..7ec1b4202f 100644
--- a/nix/nixpkgs.json
+++ b/nix/nixpkgs.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs",
-  "rev": "75ed009f22af3b8439d2f426a793f26e5cd4cf77",
-  "date": "2024-10-07T14:46:56+02:00",
-  "path": "/nix/store/kdqcyq2g9skx5y5vdh08wg5kfqrdgb0a-nixpkgs",
-  "sha256": "0vnxh80kbkc5lxdndbxr31pnvi0xj8shyyi8s75c58n3c0nfr6bc",
-  "hash": "sha256-bJnsLGDDosLK0Sh6DzWSHcRtbxi5r2Zbp4XNNQGC3W4=",
+  "rev": "ae320512e63598cd4b272c86b6875762e28e87da",
+  "date": "2024-12-13T11:04:07+01:00",
+  "path": "/nix/store/xr99s9lss6hc484ybvx2pcbml2rpswal-nixpkgs",
+  "sha256": "1gh14qf23b7lz273zkqrpidq4j39vqzyifsr4hrsrdzxqg6sl5g2",
+  "hash": "sha256-4hWqzcP9t6wzJFm76D/eaUiCW7wZzz+O+PSsIRwmAb4=",
   "fetchLFS": false,
   "fetchSubmodules": false,
   "deepClone": false,