diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd772ba36f..20698c8869 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version = "1.95"
 
 # Ports mirror vanilla's Java signatures, index loops and nested generic types
 # one to one so they can be checked against the decompiled sources.
diff --git a/crates/cargo-horizon-mod/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-horizon-mod/Cargo.toml
index c36e6fd56c..bbe318f070 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-horizon-mod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-horizon-mod/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "cargo-horizon-mod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.86"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "cargo horizon-mod new/build/run/check: make Horizon content mods (docs/mods.md)"
 
 # `cargo binstall --git https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon cargo-horizon-mod` (#2120) reads this: the archive
diff --git a/crates/horizon-anticheat/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-anticheat/Cargo.toml
index 336626f347..b6c2159e7d 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-anticheat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-anticheat/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-anticheat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The dedicated server's anticheat: its [anticheat] settings, violation levels and the checks' rules, with no game state (docs/anticheat.md)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-bench/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-bench/Cargo.toml
index 5a18849900..a4a07d895d 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-bench"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 description = "The benchmark report format (docs/benchmark-report.md), shared by the game, the launcher and the upload"
 
diff --git a/crates/horizon-chat-filter/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-chat-filter/Cargo.toml
index e9b8823ed8..9689a75866 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-chat-filter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-chat-filter/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-chat-filter"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.88"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The dedicated server's chat filter: its [chat_filter] settings, the slur list's matcher and the mutes, with no game state (docs/chat-filter.md)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-client-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-client-core/Cargo.toml
index 8809a52164..d9574ed050 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-client-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The client's lowest layer: chat text and translations, SNBT and NBT paths, the scoreboard, boss bars, game rules and the registry and particle tables commands name"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-client-input/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-client-input/Cargo.toml
index e1d7cf72bf..82eac9cdc7 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-client-input/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-client-input/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-client-input"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The client's input layer: key bindings and their names, mouse, controllers, clipboard and window options"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-client-lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-client-lib/Cargo.toml
index c4543b069c..5c965b4174 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-client-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-client-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ autotests = false
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Reusable client systems, control tool and parity probes"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-client-render/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-client-render/Cargo.toml
index 3ffa1d9a0f..2e61459245 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-client-render/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-client-render/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-client-render"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The client's world data, rendering and screens: chunks, meshing, light, streaming, the renderer, the HUD, menus and settings; no gameplay"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-client/Cargo.toml
index ee45ffd8d8..9d7a3b6bc1 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ default-run = "horizon-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Horizon native development client"
 autobins = false
 autoexamples = false
diff --git a/crates/horizon-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-command/Cargo.toml
index da8c82f790..f4e06f2d8b 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-command"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Commands (Brigadier): the vanilla command tree, argument types, selectors, parsing, suggestions and the network form of the tree"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-cosmetics/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-cosmetics/Cargo.toml
index f7ec8acf2d..a6937aa651 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-cosmetics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-cosmetics/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-cosmetics"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Cosmetic items drawn on players by Horizon clients: the item format, attachment to the player model's bones, simple animations, and what other players wear (fetched and cached)"
 
diff --git a/crates/horizon-dualsense/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-dualsense/Cargo.toml
index feb25026b2..9574e40ffd 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-dualsense/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-dualsense/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-dualsense"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The DualSense's output over HID: rumble, adaptive triggers, lightbar and player LEDs"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-friends/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-friends/Cargo.toml
index d53b9435f2..3d2934e299 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-friends/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-friends/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-friends"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Play with friends: invite codes, the relay protocol, the end-to-end encrypted tunnel between a host's integrated server and its guests"
 
diff --git a/crates/horizon-hdr/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-hdr/Cargo.toml
index 297c758b13..bd16669b02 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-hdr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-hdr/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-hdr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "HDR metadata for the swapchain: the Vulkan calls the crates that forbid unsafe code can't make"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-items/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-items/Cargo.toml
index 4663c4d950..052c9715b0 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-items/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-items/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-items"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Blocks and items as the client knows them: block facts, item stacks and their data components, enchantments, cooldowns, bundles, and items in NBT"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-mcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-mcp/Cargo.toml
index 47ba9ff4ba..520a5d88be 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-mcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-mcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-mcp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.88"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The Model Context Protocol, one implementation for Horizon's three servers (horizon-ctl mcp, horizon-server mcp, horizon-launcher mcp)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/Cargo.toml
index 2c9b26cca2..0685d0a1a1 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-mod-api-gen"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 description = "Build-time typed native mod API generation"
diff --git a/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/dispatch-tests/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/dispatch-tests/Cargo.toml
index b063d3940b..b4dd102c65 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/dispatch-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-mod-api-gen/dispatch-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-mod-api-gen-tests"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 description = "Generated mod API dispatch contract tests"
diff --git a/crates/horizon-mods/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-mods/Cargo.toml
index 0c003cc7eb..f1e6b169ad 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-mods/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-mods/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-mods"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.95"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Horizon's mod files: content mods, modpacks and the registry index (docs/mods.md)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-narrator/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-narrator/Cargo.toml
index 31eaf3d2ee..757a89a446 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-narrator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-narrator/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-narrator"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The narrator: vanilla's text-to-speech (GameNarrator, com.mojang.text2speech) and screen narration state"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-port-pack/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-port-pack/Cargo.toml
index 35c50ce32a..481eef6817 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-port-pack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-port-pack/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-port-pack"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.86"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Port a Java modpack to Horizon: import, inventory, classification and data carry-over (docs/modpacks.md)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-prepare/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-prepare/Cargo.toml
index b0b5462924..8b1215639e 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-prepare/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-prepare/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-prepare"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Prepares Horizon's resources from the player's own Minecraft: imports and checks the pinned jars, runs the vanilla exporters, writes the resource folder"
 
diff --git a/crates/horizon-release-sign/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-release-sign/Cargo.toml
index 0585adcf83..94f875baa7 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-release-sign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-release-sign/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-release-sign"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Signed release checksums: release.yml signs SHA256SUMS, the launcher and horizon-server check them before installing"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-server-files/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-server-files/Cargo.toml
index 2643fc726b..f54306db98 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-server-files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-server-files/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-server-files"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "The dedicated server's vanilla files: server.properties, eula.txt, ops, whitelist and bans, and account lookups"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-server/Cargo.toml
index eef28374af..1ed65484fa 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Host a Horizon server: server.toml, the CLI and the supervisor that runs the game headless (docs/server.md)"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-shader-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-shader-api/Cargo.toml
index 588808a6bd..9bbd42804c 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-shader-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-shader-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-shader-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Horizon's own shader packs (WGSL, docs/shaders.md): the format, the stages, the check, and the horizon-shader tool"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-shaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-shaders/Cargo.toml
index 7e2d968225..fb3a25e37b 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-shaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-shaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-shaders"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Shader packs (the shaders/ folder format): reading packs, their .properties and .lang files, and later their GLSL"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-telemetry/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-telemetry/Cargo.toml
index 913eac4532..0314ed45cd 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-telemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-telemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-telemetry"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Opt-in data collection: the player's consent, the payloads, the local outbox and its upload"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/horizon-theme/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-theme/Cargo.toml
index 3cc6d23245..57932339f8 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-theme/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-theme/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "horizon-theme"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Horizon's design tokens, fonts and icons, shared by the launcher, the website and the game's menus"
 
diff --git a/crates/horizon-threads/Cargo.toml b/crates/horizon-threads/Cargo.toml
index 31d24fff90..fc2356f39b 100644
--- a/crates/horizon-threads/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/horizon-threads/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "horizon-threads"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Scheduling hints for the game's threads and its allocator, and the other OS calls the crates that forbid unsafe code can't make"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 230491e7a6..d5121dfb69 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 description = "Repository tasks: cargo run -p xtask -- package BINARY OUTDIR | tokens"