diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 3898d85bcc..0464c63dbd 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ languages:
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"
     notes: "'version' is the default minimum version used by this project."
-    version: "1.58.1"
+    version: "1.59.0"
     meta:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.58.1"
+      newest-version: "1.59.0"
 
 specs:
   description: "Details of important specifications"