diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index e321547236a..11d920000bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=rust
 version=1.23.0
 revision=1
-_date=2017-10-28
+_date=2018-01-02
 # NB. if you push any(!) new version, don't forget to put a build
 # output of musl to https://repo.voidlinux.eu/distfiles/
 wrksrc="rustc-${version}-src"
@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ x86_64)
 	distfiles+="
 	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-11-20/rustc-1.22.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
 	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-11-20/rust-std-1.22.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-	 https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${_date}/cargo-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz"
+	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/${_date}/cargo-0.24.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz"
 	checksum+="
 	 a54835b06f960cb04507136a6491e561271374701bc38a8e8fd085f9e78e12e6
 	 c065c4958444955968aae60a3724bea177ddabf364c5b8cf29a08dd5d1e7df6f
-	 28e5aae4c7f928ab41a438bcf75842480da4103c8c1eb686a07460d6b2fb74d9"
+	 93b953c8c7a2088aef952de8dccd7f6ccf9b21bf94b735d3909961ffe831da8c"
 	;;
 i686)
 	# extract from src/stage0.txt
 	distfiles+="
 	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-11-20/rustc-1.22.0-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
 	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-11-20/rust-std-1.22.0-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/${_date}/cargo-nightly-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz"
+	 https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/${_date}/cargo-0.24.0-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz"
 	checksum+="
 	 fb5d94ccdfa5d60ca35b7aa8b2f60b82a2e1c67ae41acc3744549eaebd1f1ddf
 	 5ec4414598cfbba4114a343911042c8f01b6284cab386e52bd37c0adea56582b
-	 a3876e72e8424508d764375928bad386c06959d3b8fc9249fb90b578adc15d80"
+	 6ffc847e0ee2a1273223ce500f7b212d051e99a6d234e34585d0c55e21a963ea"
 	;;
 esac