diff --git a/lib/minver.nix b/lib/minver.nix
index 507d45bba4dc..cb9c6ee3156f 100644
--- a/lib/minver.nix
+++ b/lib/minver.nix
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Expose the minimum required version for evaluating Nixpkgs
-"2.3"
+"2.3.17"
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index d75a03e41ab9..d7a3cbc8f19f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@
 
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-24.11-incompatibilities}
 
+- Nixpkgs now requires Nix 2.3.17 or newer to allow for zstd compressed binary artifacts.
+
 - The `sound` options have been removed or renamed, as they had a lot of unintended side effects. See [below](#sec-release-24.11-migration-sound) for details.
 
 - The NVIDIA driver no longer defaults to the proprietary kernel module with versions >= 560. You will need to manually set `hardware.nvidia.open` to select the proprietary or open modules.