diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c4c109a4b6..55de4b4e25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ caps = "0.5.3"
 sysctl = "0.4"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cfg_aliases = "0.2.1"
+cfg_aliases = "0.2.2"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "test"
diff --git a/changelog/2811.fixed.md b/changelog/2811.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5d07816c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/2811.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Raised the minimum `cfg_aliases` build-dependency to 0.2.2, which is required to
+build nix's build script under `cargo -Zdirect-minimal-versions` on current Rust.