diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
index 19080e22ed3d..9c22b2975501 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let
   # Major.minor versions unaffected by CVE-2024-27297
   unaffectedByFodSandboxEscape = [
     "2.3"
+    "2.16"
     "2.18"
     "2.19"
     "2.20"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index b88bdec3cd52..158647ca98d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -226,11 +226,8 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
   };
 
   nix_2_16 = common {
-    version = "2.16.2";
-    hash = "sha256-VXIYCDkvAWeMoU0W2ZI0TeOszCZA1o8trz6YCPFD5ac=";
-    patches = [
-      patch-rapidcheck-shared
-    ];
+    version = "2.16.3";
+    hash = "sha256-/tnjRCk+VaWPThzdn3C0zU1AMON+7AFsHgTTzErFxV4=";
   };
 
   nix_2_17 = common {