diff --git a/cider/Cargo.toml b/cider/Cargo.toml
index 5f560d8a8..892a84e9c 100644
--- a/cider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cider/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ name = "cider"
 version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["The Calyx authors"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.73"
-
+rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "cider"
diff --git a/tools/cider-data-converter/Cargo.toml b/tools/cider-data-converter/Cargo.toml
index 9557d9c29..21351be5c 100644
--- a/tools/cider-data-converter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/cider-data-converter/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "cider-data-converter"
 authors.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.73"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 version = "0.1.0"