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+<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 &amp;&amp; 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>