diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a56b917575..2aa3433aa6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1031,11 +1031,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctrlc"
-version = "3.4.2"
+version = "3.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b467862cc8610ca6fc9a1532d7777cee0804e678ab45410897b9396495994a0b"
+checksum = "672465ae37dc1bc6380a6547a8883d5dd397b0f1faaad4f265726cc7042a5345"
 dependencies = [
- "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nix",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1063,13 +1063,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive-new"
-version = "0.5.9"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3418329ca0ad70234b9735dc4ceed10af4df60eff9c8e7b06cb5e520d92c3535"
+checksum = "d150dea618e920167e5973d70ae6ece4385b7164e0d799fe7c122dd0a5d912ad"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2320,9 +2320,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.20"
+version = "0.4.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
+checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
@@ -2450,15 +2450,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5de893c32cde5f383baa4c04c5d6dbdd735cfd4a794b0debdb2bb1b421da5ff4"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miette"
 version = "7.2.0"
@@ -2606,30 +2597,6 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.26.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "598beaf3cc6fdd9a5dfb1630c2800c7acd31df7aaf0f565796fba2b53ca1af1b"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "memoffset",
- "pin-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.27.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2eb04e9c688eff1c89d72b407f168cf79bb9e867a9d3323ed6c01519eb9cc053"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.28.0"
@@ -2714,7 +2681,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "miette",
  "mimalloc",
- "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nix",
  "nu-cli",
  "nu-cmd-base",
  "nu-cmd-dataframe",
@@ -2729,6 +2696,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-plugin",
  "nu-protocol",
  "nu-std",
+ "nu-system",
  "nu-test-support",
  "nu-utils",
  "openssl",
@@ -2907,7 +2875,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime_guess",
  "mockito",
  "native-tls",
- "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nix",
  "notify-debouncer-full",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cmd-base",
@@ -3155,7 +3123,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libproc",
  "log",
  "mach2",
- "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nix",
  "ntapi",
  "once_cell",
  "procfs",
@@ -6087,7 +6055,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dunce",
  "glob",
  "libc",
- "nix 0.28.0",
+ "nix",
  "once_cell",
  "os_display",
  "uucore_procs",
@@ -6691,14 +6659,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wl-clipboard-rs"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "57af79e973eadf08627115c73847392e6b766856ab8e3844a59245354b23d2fa"
+checksum = "12b41773911497b18ca8553c3daaf8ec9fe9819caf93d451d3055f69de028adb"
 dependencies = [
  "derive-new",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "nix 0.26.4",
+ "nix",
  "os_pipe",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4bc04300f7..c1bd1d9ac2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ mime = "0.3"
 mime_guess = "2.0"
 mockito = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 native-tls = "0.2"
-nix = { version = "0.27", default-features = false }
+nix = { version = "0.28", default-features = false }
 notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 nu-ansi-term = "0.50.0"
 num-format = "0.4"
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ nu-path = { path = "./crates/nu-path", version = "0.91.1" }
 nu-plugin = { path = "./crates/nu-plugin", optional = true, version = "0.91.1" }
 nu-protocol = { path = "./crates/nu-protocol", version = "0.91.1" }
 nu-std = { path = "./crates/nu-std", version = "0.91.1" }
+nu-system = { path = "./crates/nu-system", version = "0.91.1" }
 nu-utils = { path = "./crates/nu-utils", version = "0.91.1" }
 
 reedline = { workspace = true, features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"] }
diff --git a/crates/nu-system/src/foreground.rs b/crates/nu-system/src/foreground.rs
index f2aa28b25a..56eec154cd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-system/src/foreground.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-system/src/foreground.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ use std::{
     },
 };
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use foreground_pgroup::stdin_fd;
+
 /// A simple wrapper for [`std::process::Child`]
 ///
 /// It can only be created by [`ForegroundChild::spawn`].
@@ -98,15 +101,28 @@ impl Drop for ForegroundChild {
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod foreground_pgroup {
     use nix::{
-        libc,
         sys::signal::{sigaction, SaFlags, SigAction, SigHandler, SigSet, Signal},
         unistd::{self, Pid},
     };
     use std::{
-        os::unix::prelude::CommandExt,
+        os::{
+            fd::{AsFd, BorrowedFd},
+            unix::prelude::CommandExt,
+        },
         process::{Child, Command},
     };
 
+    /// Alternative to having to call `std::io::stdin()` just to get the file descriptor of stdin
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// I/O safety of reading from `STDIN_FILENO` unclear.
+    ///
+    /// Currently only intended to access `tcsetpgrp` and `tcgetpgrp` with the I/O safe `nix`
+    /// interface.
+    pub unsafe fn stdin_fd() -> impl AsFd {
+        unsafe { BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(libc::STDIN_FILENO) }
+    }
+
     pub fn prepare_command(external_command: &mut Command, existing_pgrp: u32) {
         unsafe {
             // Safety:
@@ -154,12 +170,12 @@ mod foreground_pgroup {
             Pid::from_raw(existing_pgrp as i32)
         };
         let _ = unistd::setpgid(pid, pgrp);
-        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, pgrp);
+        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(unsafe { stdin_fd() }, pgrp);
     }
 
     /// Reset the foreground process group to the shell
     pub fn reset() {
-        if let Err(e) = unistd::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, unistd::getpgrp()) {
+        if let Err(e) = unistd::tcsetpgrp(unsafe { stdin_fd() }, unistd::getpgrp()) {
             eprintln!("ERROR: reset foreground id failed, tcsetpgrp result: {e:?}");
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-system/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-system/src/lib.rs
index 99e4365e40..bee037cb8b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-system/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-system/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pub mod os_info;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 mod windows;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::foreground::stdin_fd;
 pub use self::foreground::ForegroundChild;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
 pub use self::linux::*;
diff --git a/src/terminal.rs b/src/terminal.rs
index 6387a0ae50..4ea5aa0c36 100644
--- a/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/src/terminal.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub(crate) fn acquire(interactive: bool) {
             }
         }
         // Set our possibly new pgid to be in control of terminal
-        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, shell_pgid);
+        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(unsafe { nu_system::stdin_fd() }, shell_pgid);
     }
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub(crate) fn acquire(interactive: bool) {
 fn take_control() -> Pid {
     let shell_pgid = unistd::getpgrp();
 
-    match unistd::tcgetpgrp(nix::libc::STDIN_FILENO) {
+    match unistd::tcgetpgrp(unsafe { nu_system::stdin_fd() }) {
         Ok(owner_pgid) if owner_pgid == shell_pgid => {
             // Common case, nothing to do
             return owner_pgid;
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ fn take_control() -> Pid {
     }
 
     for _ in 0..4096 {
-        match unistd::tcgetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO) {
+        match unistd::tcgetpgrp(unsafe { nu_system::stdin_fd() }) {
             Ok(owner_pgid) if owner_pgid == shell_pgid => {
                 // success
                 return owner_pgid;
             }
             Ok(owner_pgid) if owner_pgid == Pid::from_raw(0) => {
                 // Zero basically means something like "not owned" and we can just take it
-                let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, shell_pgid);
+                let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(unsafe { nu_system::stdin_fd() }, shell_pgid);
             }
             Err(Errno::ENOTTY) => {
                 eprintln!("ERROR: no TTY for interactive shell");
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ extern "C" fn restore_terminal() {
     // `tcsetpgrp` and `getpgrp` are async-signal-safe
     let initial_pgid = Pid::from_raw(INITIAL_PGID.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
     if initial_pgid.as_raw() > 0 && initial_pgid != unistd::getpgrp() {
-        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, initial_pgid);
+        let _ = unistd::tcsetpgrp(unsafe { nu_system::stdin_fd() }, initial_pgid);
     }
 }