diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 2c0bd216b3ac..c9092cdd870e 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ test_source_distribution() {
 
   # build and test rust
 
+  # Temporarily remove rust-toolchain.toml
+  # work around for https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/14982
+  rm rust-toolchain.toml
+
   # raises on any formatting errors
   rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain stable
   cargo fmt --all -- --check