diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4003 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4003
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d5ec6689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4003
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Backup no longer hangs on Solaris when seeing a FIFO file
+
+Restic backup used to hang on Solaris whenever it encountered a FIFO file
+(named pipe), due to a bug in the extended attribute handling. This bug has
+been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4003
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4053
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7dcc23207..0543278a9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.5
-	github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.8
+	github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.10-0.20221120235825-35026bbbd013
 	github.com/restic/chunker v0.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221014081412-f15817d10f9b
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20221014153046-6fdb5e3db783
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220818161305-2296e01440c6
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035
 	golang.org/x/text v0.4.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.103.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea684718c..ef125bbd7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0 h1:hnbDkaNWPCLMO9wGLdBFTIZvzDrDfBM2072E1S9gJkA=
 github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8Uer0jas47ZQMJ7VD+OHknK4YDY07LPUC6dEvqDjvNo=
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.5 h1:a3RLUqkyjYRtBTZJZ1VRrKbN3zhuPLlUc3sphVz81go=
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.5/go.mod h1:wHDZ0IZX6JcBYRK1TH9bcVq8G7TLpVHYIGJRFnmPfxg=
-github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.8 h1:3QwVADT+4oUm3zg7MXO/2i/lqnKkQ9viNY8pl5egRDE=
-github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.8/go.mod h1:di8WF84zAKk8jzR1UBTEWh9AUlIZZ7M/JNt8e9B6ktU=
+github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.10-0.20221120235825-35026bbbd013 h1:aqByeeNnF7NiEbXCi7nBxZ272+6f6FUBmj/dUzWCdvc=
+github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.10-0.20221120235825-35026bbbd013/go.mod h1:di8WF84zAKk8jzR1UBTEWh9AUlIZZ7M/JNt8e9B6ktU=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220408201424-a24fb2fb8a0f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220818161305-2296e01440c6 h1:Sx/u41w+OwrInGdEckYmEuU5gHoGSL4QbDz3S9s6j4U=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220818161305-2296e01440c6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 h1:ljd4t30dBnAvMZaQCevtY0xLLD0A+bRZXbgLMLU1F/A=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035 h1:Q5284mrmYTpACcm+eAKjKJH48BBwSyfJqmmGDTtT8Vc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=