diff --git a/backend.Dockerfile b/backend.Dockerfile
index ce4c8d8d337..51147f9dc57 100644
--- a/backend.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=rust lookupName=rust-lang/rust
-ARG RUST_VERSION=1.80.1
+ARG RUST_VERSION=1.81.0
 
 FROM rust:$RUST_VERSION
 
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index a56a283d2ab..1de01fa45c4 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.1"
+channel = "1.81.0"
diff --git a/src/controllers/github/secret_scanning.rs b/src/controllers/github/secret_scanning.rs
index 52fdc4b7349..48474331d04 100644
--- a/src/controllers/github/secret_scanning.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/github/secret_scanning.rs
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ async fn verify_github_signature(
         .find(|key| key.key_identifier == req_key_id);
 
     let Some(key) = key else {
-        return Err(bad_request(&format!("unknown key id {req_key_id}")));
+        return Err(bad_request(format!("unknown key id {req_key_id}")));
     };
 
     if !key.is_current {
-        let error = bad_request(&format!("key id {req_key_id} is not a current key"));
+        let error = bad_request(format!("key id {req_key_id} is not a current key"));
         return Err(error);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/token.rs b/src/controllers/token.rs
index db5e5911983..08646dece47 100644
--- a/src/controllers/token.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/token.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub async fn new(app: AppState, req: BytesRequest) -> AppResult<Json<Value>> {
         let max_token_per_user = 500;
         let count: i64 = ApiToken::belonging_to(user).count().get_result(conn)?;
         if count >= max_token_per_user {
-            return Err(bad_request(&format!(
+            return Err(bad_request(format!(
                 "maximum tokens per user is: {max_token_per_user}"
             )));
         }