diff --git a/gnu/packages/rust.scm b/gnu/packages/rust.scm
index 9cb0ae59ca..a123bc4eec 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rust.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rust.scm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Nikita <nikita@n0.is>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Ben Woodcroft <donttrustben@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Nikolai Merinov <nikolai.merinov@member.fsf.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym+a@scratchpost.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Ivan Petkov <ivanppetkov@gmail.com>
@@ -1315,4 +1315,4 @@ move around."
                  #t)))))))))
 
 ;; TODO(staging): Bump this variable to the latest packaged rust.
-(define-public rust rust-1.39)
+(define-public rust rust-1.45)