diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4b8be9a93..648c05f93f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ nix-gc-protected:
 	@echo -e "$(YELLOW)The following paths are protected:$(RESET)" && \
 	ls -1 $(_NIX_GCROOTS) | sed 's/^/ - /'
 
+nix-upgrade: SHELL := /bin/sh
+nix-upgrade: ##@nix Upgrade Nix interpreter to current version.
+	nix/scripts/upgrade.sh
+
 nix-gc: export TARGET := nix
 nix-gc: nix-gc-protected ##@nix Garbage collect all packages older than 20 days from /nix/store
 	nix-store --gc
diff --git a/nix/scripts/lib.sh b/nix/scripts/lib.sh
index 3c406f0095..84623c4fd9 100755
--- a/nix/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/nix/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ nix_root() {
     fi
     echo "${NIX_ROOT}"
 }
+
+nix_current_version() {
+    nix-env --version | awk '{print $3}'
+}
diff --git a/nix/scripts/setup.sh b/nix/scripts/setup.sh
index ab56440869..51f89b5f2a 100755
--- a/nix/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/nix/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 
 GIT_ROOT=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-source "${GIT_ROOT}/nix/scripts/lib.sh"
 source "${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/colors.sh"
+source "${GIT_ROOT}/nix/scripts/lib.sh"
+source "${GIT_ROOT}/nix/scripts/version.sh"
 
-NIX_VERSION="2.14.1"
-NIX_INSTALL_URL="https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-${NIX_VERSION}/install"
-NIX_INSTALL_SHA256="565974057264f0536f600c68d59395927cd73e9fc5a60f33c1906e8f7bc33fcf"
-NIX_INSTALL_PATH="/tmp/nix-install-${NIX_VERSION}"
-
-install_nix() {
+nix_install() {
     # Download installer and verify SHA256>
     curl -sSf "${NIX_INSTALL_URL}" -o "${NIX_INSTALL_PATH}"
     echo "${NIX_INSTALL_SHA256}  ${NIX_INSTALL_PATH}" | sha256sum -c
@@ -72,5 +68,5 @@ fi
 
 # If none of the checks before succeeded we need to install Nix
 echo -e "${GRN}Setting up Nix package manager...${RST}"
-install_nix
+nix_install
 echo -e "${YLW}See STARTING_GUIDE.md if you're new here.${RST}"
diff --git a/nix/scripts/source.sh b/nix/scripts/source.sh
index d8b2d06d05..5272bebd97 100755
--- a/nix/scripts/source.sh
+++ b/nix/scripts/source.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ source_nix_profile() {
         source "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh"
     elif [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "single" ]]; then
         source "${HOME}/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
-    elif [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "nixops" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "nixos" ]]; then
         echo "Sourcing profile not necessary on NixOS!" >&2
     fi
 }
diff --git a/nix/scripts/upgrade.sh b/nix/scripts/upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..361132f961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/scripts/upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# This script upgrades Nix to specific version.
+# https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/upgrading.html
+set -eo pipefail
+
+GIT_ROOT=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+source "${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/colors.sh"
+source "${GIT_ROOT}/nix/scripts/source.sh"
+source "${GIT_ROOT}/nix/scripts/version.sh"
+
+nix_upgrade() {
+    echo -e "Upgrading Nix interpreter to: ${GRN}${NIX_VERSION}${RST}" >&2
+    nix-channel --update
+    nix-env --install --attr "nixpkgs.${NIX_PACKAGE}" "nixpkgs.cacert"
+    if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+        echo "Restarting Nix daemon Launchd service" >&2
+        launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
+        launchctl load   /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
+    elif [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]] && [[ "$(nix_install_type)" == "multi" ]]; then
+        echo "Restarting Nix daemon Systemd service" >&2
+        systemctl daemon-reload
+        systemctl restart nix-daemon
+    fi
+}
+
+# Allow for sourcing the script
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" != "$0" ]]; then
+    return
+fi
+
+if [[ "$(nix_current_version)" == "${NIX_VERSION}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Nix interpreter already on version: ${GRN}${NIX_VERSION}${RST}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+NIX_INSTALL_TYPE=$(nix_install_type)
+if [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "nixos" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${YLW}WARNING:${RST} Upgrade Nix in your NixOS configuration!" >&2
+    exit 0
+elif [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "single" ]]; then
+    nix_upgrade
+elif [[ "${NIX_INSTALL_TYPE}" == "multi" ]]; then
+    sudo -i bash -c "source ${PWD}/${0}; nix_upgrade"
+fi
diff --git a/nix/scripts/version.sh b/nix/scripts/version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bf1cfa7866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/scripts/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export NIX_VERSION="2.14.1"
+export NIX_PACKAGE="nixVersions.nix_2_14"
+export NIX_INSTALL_URL="https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-${NIX_VERSION}/install"
+export NIX_INSTALL_SHA256="565974057264f0536f600c68d59395927cd73e9fc5a60f33c1906e8f7bc33fcf"
+export NIX_INSTALL_PATH="/tmp/nix-install-${NIX_VERSION}"