diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 57ac096..54b238d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4040,15 +4040,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "891efababe418670775f199f0d233d84843c227a0949a883ce15b37c78d6629d"
+checksum = "e5e76742e5294153d4dde1207dbec5bdd81eef6fabdc0d2118babadabfd858aa"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.2",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5292,7 +5292,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6116,7 +6116,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6524,9 +6524,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32e45ad4206f6d2479085147f02bc2ef834ac85886624a23575ae137c8aa8156"
+checksum = "963d6fab92d5504b971dc8bd90ca743c2575e590bc8071ea5bc571598667ae08"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rustix",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bbc9b1..9685742 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ quick-xml = "0.42"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 # Write transaction: extended attributes copied through the atomic rename, fsync fallback,
 # free space and no-replace rename (rustix, fs only), ACL detection on macOS (exacl).
-xattr = "1.6"
-rustix = { version = "1.1", features = ["fs", "process"] }
+xattr = "1.7"
+rustix = { version = "1.1.6", features = ["fs", "process"] }
 exacl = "0.13"
 # Local date of the backup folders (time zone from the system); MIT OR Unlicense, used under MIT.
 jiff = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "tz-system", "tzdb-zoneinfo"] }
diff --git a/crates/sc-io/src/txn/meta.rs b/crates/sc-io/src/txn/meta.rs
index 14f2553..4028e22 100644
--- a/crates/sc-io/src/txn/meta.rs
+++ b/crates/sc-io/src/txn/meta.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ pub(crate) fn read_xattr(path: &Path, name: &OsStr) -> std::io::Result<Option<Ve
     use rustix::io::Errno;
     // The size can grow between the two calls; try again a few times.
     for _ in 0..4 {
-        let size = match rustix::fs::lgetxattr(path, name, &mut [0_u8; 0][..]) {
+        // The size query: an empty buffer is not one (since rustix 1.1.6 it reads 0 bytes).
+        let size = match rustix::fs::lgetxattr_query(path, name) {
             Ok(n) => n,
             Err(e) if e == NO_ATTR => return Ok(None),
             Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
diff --git a/crates/sc-io/tests/resource_fork.rs b/crates/sc-io/tests/resource_fork.rs
index 9ee6a46..2ad52c2 100644
--- a/crates/sc-io/tests/resource_fork.rs
+++ b/crates/sc-io/tests/resource_fork.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn listed(p: &Path) -> bool {
 
 /// The size `getxattr(2)` gives the resource fork of `p`.
 fn attribute_size(p: &Path) -> usize {
-    rustix::fs::getxattr(p, RESOURCE_FORK, &mut [0_u8; 0][..]).expect("resource fork attribute")
+    rustix::fs::getxattr_query(p, RESOURCE_FORK).expect("resource fork attribute")
 }
 
 /// A 70,000-byte resource fork (reads of it are cut to the buffer unless sized first).