diff --git a/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE b/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE
index fa6e6696..c9fd7485 100644
--- a/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 # https://bazelbuild.github.io/rules_rust/#setup
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_rust",
-    sha256 = "d21c328b21f3c9ecfa4c1e92dd61ace63ff22603234067cf0fe495f75ac251ae",
+    sha256 = "319b1c35c11204ef56b1d94a549f6b9d3532813b778f02d709ef68c837036cf1",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.35.0/rules_rust-v0.35.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.50.1/rules_rust-v0.50.1.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel b/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
index a0d71441..c0936470 100644
--- a/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local_path_override(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.35.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.50.1")
 
 # TODO[AH] Remove these transitive dependencies once nixpkgs_java_configure has
 #   become a module extension in rules_nixpkgs_java.
diff --git a/testing/rust/WORKSPACE b/testing/rust/WORKSPACE
index fedcd8ff..83430e4b 100644
--- a/testing/rust/WORKSPACE
+++ b/testing/rust/WORKSPACE
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_rust",
-    sha256 = "d21c328b21f3c9ecfa4c1e92dd61ace63ff22603234067cf0fe495f75ac251ae",
+    sha256 = "319b1c35c11204ef56b1d94a549f6b9d3532813b778f02d709ef68c837036cf1",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.35.0/rules_rust-v0.35.0.tar.gz"
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.50.1/rules_rust-v0.50.1.tar.gz"
     ],
 )