diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index c70d75900c..84c0ea5ae7 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
 # Keep in sync with versions.yaml
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.85.1"
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index 971df5a590..ce9c14b7ed 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ members = ["rustjail", "policy", "vsock-exporter"]
 authors = ["The Kata Containers community <kata-dev@lists.katacontainers.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-rust-version = "1.80.0"
+rust-version = "1.85.1"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 oci-spec = { version = "0.6.8", features = ["runtime"] }
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 304de7c66a..b2ff72e982 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ externals:
     description: "vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust"
     url: "https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd"
     version: "v1.13.1"
-    toolchain: "1.80.0"
+    toolchain: "1.85.1"
     meta:
       # From https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/releases/v1.13.1,
       # this is the link labelled virtiofsd-v1.13.1.zip
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ languages:
     description: "Rust language"
     notes: "'version' is the default minimum version used by this project."
     # Keep in sync with rust-toolchain.toml
-    version: "1.80.0"
+    version: "1.85.1"
     meta:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.80.0"
+      newest-version: "1.85.1"
 
   golangci-lint:
     description: "golangci-lint"