diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 8ad3c87f71..58a247195a 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ languages:
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"
     notes: "'version' is the default minimum version used by this project."
-    version: "1.38.0"
+    version: "1.45.0"
     meta:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when