diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index f011b5272389..05dd841a221a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ let
         proxy_connect_timeout   60;
         proxy_send_timeout      60;
         proxy_read_timeout      60;
-        proxy_http_version      1.0;
+        proxy_http_version      1.1;
         include ${recommendedProxyConfig};
       ''}