diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
index ea3be31a2060..4fb5749e71c8 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
@@ -339,6 +339,13 @@
           And backup your data.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>services.chronyd</literal> is now started with
+          additional systemd sandbox/hardening options for better
+          security.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The module <literal>services.headscale</literal> was
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index df0ec622e56e..b5c9c4ceb55d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
   And backup your data.
 
+- `services.chronyd` is now started with additional systemd sandbox/hardening options for better security.
+
 - The module `services.headscale` was refactored to be compliant with [RFC 0042](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md). To be precise, this means that the following things have changed:
 
   - Most settings has been migrated under [services.headscale.settings](#opt-services.headscale.settings) which is an attribute-set that
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
index 7e3bb565d10b..dc180d4a4f95 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-timedated.environment = { SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES = "chronyd.service"; };
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-      "d ${stateDir} 0755 chrony chrony - -"
-      "f ${driftFile} 0640 chrony chrony -"
-      "f ${keyFile} 0640 chrony chrony -"
+      "d ${stateDir} 0750 chrony chrony - -"
+      "f ${driftFile} 0640 chrony chrony - -"
+      "f ${keyFile} 0640 chrony chrony - -"
     ];
 
     systemd.services.chronyd =
@@ -164,15 +164,47 @@ in
         path = [ chronyPkg ];
 
         unitConfig.ConditionCapability = "CAP_SYS_TIME";
-        serviceConfig =
-          { Type = "simple";
-            ExecStart = "${chronyPkg}/bin/chronyd ${builtins.toString chronyFlags}";
-
-            ProtectHome = "yes";
-            ProtectSystem = "full";
-            PrivateTmp = "yes";
-          };
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "simple";
+          ExecStart = "${chronyPkg}/bin/chronyd ${builtins.toString chronyFlags}";
 
+          # Proc filesystem
+          ProcSubset = "pid";
+          ProtectProc = "invisible";
+          # Access write directories
+          ReadWritePaths = [ "${stateDir}" ];
+          UMask = "0027";
+          # Capabilities
+          CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_CHOWN" "CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE" "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" "CAP_SETGID" "CAP_SETUID" "CAP_SYS_RESOURCE" "CAP_SYS_TIME" ];
+          # Device Access
+          DeviceAllow = [ "char-pps rw" "char-ptp rw" "char-rtc rw" ];
+          DevicePolicy = "closed";
+          # Security
+          NoNewPrivileges = true;
+          # Sandboxing
+          ProtectSystem = "full";
+          ProtectHome = true;
+          PrivateTmp = true;
+          PrivateDevices = true;
+          PrivateUsers = false;
+          ProtectHostname = true;
+          ProtectClock = false;
+          ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+          ProtectKernelModules = true;
+          ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+          ProtectControlGroups = true;
+          RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "AF_UNIX" "AF_INET" "AF_INET6" ];
+          RestrictNamespaces = true;
+          LockPersonality = true;
+          MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+          RestrictRealtime = true;
+          RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+          RemoveIPC = true;
+          PrivateMounts = true;
+          # System Call Filtering
+          SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+          SystemCallFilter = [ "~@cpu-emulation @debug @keyring @mount @obsolete @privileged @resources" "@clock" "@setuid" "capset" "chown" ];
+        };
       };
   };
 }