diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dc406e8..9f09596 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "core-foundation 0.10.1",
  "ipnet",
  "libc",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.8.1",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
  "netlink-packet-route 0.25.1",
  "netlink-sys",
  "nix 0.30.1",
@@ -2300,17 +2300,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.61.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "netlink-packet-core"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72724faf704479d67b388da142b186f916188505e7e0b26719019c525882eda4"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "byteorder",
- "netlink-packet-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-core"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -2320,20 +2309,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "netlink-packet-route"
-version = "0.19.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74c171cd77b4ee8c7708da746ce392440cb7bcf618d122ec9ecc607b12938bf4"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "byteorder",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.7.0",
- "netlink-packet-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-route"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -2343,7 +2318,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.8.1",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2355,31 +2330,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.8.1",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "netlink-packet-utils"
-version = "0.5.2"
+name = "netlink-packet-route"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ede8a08c71ad5a95cdd0e4e52facd37190977039a4704eb82a283f713747d34"
+checksum = "be8919612f6028ab4eacbbfe1234a9a43e3722c6e0915e7ff519066991905092"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "byteorder",
- "paste",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "bitflags 2.13.0",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-proto"
-version = "0.11.5"
+version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72452e012c2f8d612410d89eea01e2d9b56205274abb35d53f60200b2ec41d60"
+checksum = "e6f7398dddf5f152d2a91a2921a134c6097056e292c0d4b9906007855e7cece6"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "futures",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
  "log",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.7.0",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
  "netlink-sys",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
@@ -2397,17 +2373,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.27.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2eb04e9c688eff1c89d72b407f168cf79bb9e867a9d3323ed6c01519eb9cc053"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.13.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -3709,7 +3674,7 @@ checksum = "319bb478ff9aae1dc7a544fa599e9eb47e2521621dc3921fba6abcaaa312092c"
 dependencies = [
  "flume",
  "libc",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.8.1",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
  "netlink-packet-route 0.28.0",
  "netlink-sys",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -3717,18 +3682,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rtnetlink"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b684475344d8df1859ddb2d395dd3dac4f8f3422a1aa0725993cb375fc5caba5"
+checksum = "dc19f84f710fa2f337617f9bc0400260a94224bde7bae28fd8879f3771ca5784"
 dependencies = [
- "futures",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
  "log",
- "netlink-packet-core 0.7.0",
- "netlink-packet-route 0.19.0",
- "netlink-packet-utils",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
+ "netlink-packet-route 0.30.0",
  "netlink-proto",
  "netlink-sys",
- "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nix 0.30.1",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/aetherd/Cargo.toml b/crates/aetherd/Cargo.toml
index bb03ce9..1c1bc73 100644
--- a/crates/aetherd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aetherd/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tar = "0.4"
 zfs-core = "0.5.0"
 nvpair = "0.5.0"
 nvpair-sys = "0.4.0"
-rtnetlink = "0.14"
+rtnetlink = "0.21"
 tun-rs = "2.8.5"
 rustables = "0.8.8"