diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ea9b47c..70de14b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1055,6 +1055,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "memoffset",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f17df307904acd05aa8e32e97bb20f2a0df1728bbc2d771ae8f9a90463441e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "5.1.2"
@@ -1914,7 +1925,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "local_ipaddress",
  "log",
  "mockall",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.24.1",
  "notify-rust",
  "once_cell",
  "open",
@@ -1963,7 +1974,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazycell",
  "libc",
  "mach",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.23.1",
  "num-traits",
  "uom",
  "winapi",
@@ -2546,7 +2557,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
  "lazy_static",
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.23.1",
  "once_cell",
  "ordered-stream",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a977d2d..673b753e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ features = [
 ]
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
-nix = "0.23.1"
+nix = { version = "0.24.1", default-features = false, features = ["feature", "fs", "user"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 shadow-rs = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/src/modules/git_status.rs b/src/modules/git_status.rs
index 3f5c3f21..d90f8e8f 100644
--- a/src/modules/git_status.rs
+++ b/src/modules/git_status.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,12 @@ fn git_status_wsl(context: &Context, conf: &GitStatusConfig) -> Option<String> {
 
     // Ensure this is WSL
     // This is lowercase in WSL1 and uppercase in WSL2, just skip the first letter
-    if !uname().release().contains("icrosoft") {
+    if !uname()
+        .ok()?
+        .release()
+        .to_string_lossy()
+        .contains("icrosoft")
+    {
         return None;
     }