diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2b20dc83..f3b58c40 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -86,15 +86,16 @@ checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "battery"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3ba81abd3ec70c6ef1d7a85c85cfcbab52b6b9536ea97e5ab7948d971603d2b"
+checksum = "b4b624268937c0e0a3edb7c27843f9e547c320d730c610d3b8e6e8e95b2026e4"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "lazycell",
  "libc",
  "mach",
+ "nix",
  "num-traits",
  "uom",
  "winapi",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83d9a82e..465a6359 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rayon = "1.5.0"
 log = { version = "0.4.11", features = ["std"] }
 # battery is optional (on by default) because the crate doesn't currently build for Termux
 # see: https://github.com/svartalf/rust-battery/issues/33
-battery = { version = "0.7.7", optional = true }
+battery = { version = "0.7.8", optional = true }
 path-slash = "0.1.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.6.0"
 gethostname = "0.2.1"