diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 04210c1..50dd689 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1790822859,
-        "narHash": "sha256-69xHQhAeMAD2wDXO7T2pcOZIF9Sga2W+JkmY2a11Ops=",
+        "lastModified": 1791048980,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KgItSKML8Xvte0B7/uGnBDsYzSnnKHcOaiUbgWBXLXw=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c59305bab2065cfecc4944690d9eedbb56f3a9fa",
+        "rev": "a7868a727837f3c09cee2ce0ca671c76b1589fed",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d18a90b..d774a0f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         {
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
             packages = with pkgs; [
-              zig
+              zig_0_17
               pam
               libxcb
             ];
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f47e247..ec99f5e 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Join us on Matrix over at
 
 ### Compile-time
 
-- zig 0.16.x (you must use a **release version** of zig; check that `zig
+- zig 0.17.x (you must use a **release version** of zig; check that `zig
   version` does not have a `-dev*` suffix)
 
 - libc
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ Join us on Matrix over at
 # dnf install kernel-devel pam-devel libxcb-devel zig xorg-x11-xauth xorg-x11-server brightnessctl
 ```
 
-#### Nix
-
-You can use the flake to automatically install all dependencies inside a
-reproducible environment:
-
-```console
-$ git clone https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly.git && cd ly
-$ nix build
-```
-
 > [!WARNING]
 >
 > Distributions using SELinux such as Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed may
@@ -100,6 +90,17 @@ $ nix build
 # pkg install ca_root_nss libxcb git xorg xauth
 ```
 
+#### Nix
+
+Enter a development shell with all dependencies:
+
+```console
+$ git clone https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly.git && cd ly
+$ nix develop
+```
+
+Then follow [Manually building](#manually-building) from the `zig build` step.
+
 ## Availability
 
 [![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/ly-display-manager.svg?exclude_unsupported=1)](https://repology.org/project/ly-display-manager/versions)