diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
index 96e3a1d43..6331a19e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Rust install
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
       with:
-        toolchain: 1.79.0
+        toolchain: 1.84.0
         components: clippy, rustfmt
     - name: Install Linux requirements
       # TODO: When ubuntu-latest gets updated to >= 23.04 replace the wget+unzip with just protobuf-compiler in apt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tarpaulin.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tarpaulin.yml
index 94449d66a..66a2038b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tarpaulin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tarpaulin.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  CARGO_VERSION: 1.79.0
+  CARGO_VERSION: 1.84.0
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c24edff2b..c404c14a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://docs.akri.sh/"
 repository = "https://github.com/project-akri/akri"
-rust-version = "1.81"
+rust-version = "1.84"
 authors = ["The Akri Team"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51da88b47..438ba7d66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <p align="center"><img src="https://github.com/project-akri/akri-docs/blob/main/art/logo-horizontal/akri-logo-horizontal-light.svg" alt="Akri Logo" width="300"></p>
 
 [![Slack channel #akri](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-akri-blueviolet.svg?logo=slack)](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/akri)
-[![Rust Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.79.0-blue.svg)](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/03/31/Rust-1.79.0.html)
+[![Rust Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.84.0-blue.svg)](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/01/09/Rust-1.84.0.html)
 [![Kubernetes Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/kubernetes-≥%201.16-blue.svg)](https://kubernetes.io/)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/project-akri/akri/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=V468HO7CDE)](https://codecov.io/gh/project-akri/akri)
 [![CII Best Practices](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/5339/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/5339)
diff --git a/build/containers/Dockerfile.rust b/build/containers/Dockerfile.rust
index 0a021bbd1..3819a8c7a 100644
--- a/build/containers/Dockerfile.rust
+++ b/build/containers/Dockerfile.rust
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:master AS xx
 
-FROM  --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.79-slim-bookworm AS build
+FROM  --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.84-slim-bookworm AS build
 RUN rustup component add rustfmt
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y clang lld protobuf-compiler pkg-config mmdebstrap wget
 COPY --from=xx / /
diff --git a/build/setup.sh b/build/setup.sh
index 06214e1dc..8ad221ad4 100755
--- a/build/setup.sh
+++ b/build/setup.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ then
     if [ -x "$(command -v sudo)" ];
     then
         echo "Install rustup"
-        sudo curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=1.79.0
+        sudo curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=1.84.0
     else
         echo "Install rustup"
-        curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=1.79.0
+        curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=1.84.0
     fi
 else
     echo "Found rustup"