diff --git a/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE b/examples/toolchains/rust/WORKSPACE
index 26db333df..1e4fb7ad6 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 = "f1306aac0b258b790df01ad9abc6abb0df0b65416c74b4ef27f4aab298780a64",
+    sha256 = "5ffd9ff1f6f2f14f2057b7cbaa91a5e6acd9a4cbded5ac81dad9beb36859601e",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.56.0/rules_rust-0.56.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.70.0/rules_rust-0.70.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel b/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
index 2e7317e3d..24cd13227 100644
--- a/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/testing/rust/MODULE.bazel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local_path_override(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.9.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.56.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.70.0")
 
 # 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 3b9bcbbc2..409e0cf7d 100644
--- a/testing/rust/WORKSPACE
+++ b/testing/rust/WORKSPACE
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_rust",
-    sha256 = "f1306aac0b258b790df01ad9abc6abb0df0b65416c74b4ef27f4aab298780a64",
+    sha256 = "5ffd9ff1f6f2f14f2057b7cbaa91a5e6acd9a4cbded5ac81dad9beb36859601e",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.56.0/rules_rust-0.56.0.tar.gz"
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/0.70.0/rules_rust-0.70.0.tar.gz"
     ],
 )