diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix
index b13a1f66db2d..947b4721b0a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "rust-script";
-  version = "0.17.0";
+  version = "0.18.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fornwall";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0jz8hlvl31c5h8whd6pnpmslw6w6alkxijd9lhgric1yypiym9x3";
+    sha256 = "sha256-B/xh0eYRJxjjIEXdxmLz6usQvo4v/HQK5VNnnjcDBjM=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-hg0QtxR1qm/x8G6HoN7xAyOwh9jiQvX2wWYjUR8YvMs=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-7qMrrs6K+mJVDHNkGQDb6abM18RyBPToseTNM7ogdQ0=";
 
-  # TODO: switch to `cargoCheckType = "false"` after #138822 is merged
-  # tests only work in debug mode
+  # tests require network access
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {