diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index ac5ffefd6..dd92d2c9e 100644
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = v23.07
+VERSION = v23.09
 IMAGE ?= veracruz
 CONTAINER ?= veracruz
 VERACRUZ_ROOT ?= ..
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ USER ?= $(shell id -un)
 UID ?= $(shell id -u)
 OS_NAME := $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 ARCH = $(shell uname -m)
-AWS_NITRO_CLI_REVISION = v1.2.1
+AWS_NITRO_CLI_REVISION = v1.2.2
 
 ifeq ($(OS_NAME),darwin)
 LOCALIP = $(shell "(ifconfig en0 ; ifconfig en1) | grep "inet " | grep -Fv 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'")
diff --git a/docker/base/Dockerfile b/docker/base/Dockerfile
index 3b9b1be3b..337f6d1df 100644
--- a/docker/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/base/Dockerfile
@@ -118,16 +118,16 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 ENV RUSTUP_HOME=/usr/local/rustup \
     CARGO_HOME=/usr/local/cargo \
     PATH=/usr/local/cargo/bin:$PATH \
-    RUST_VERSION=1.66.0
+    RUST_VERSION=1.70.0
 
 RUN set -eux; \
     dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
     case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
-        amd64) rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupSha256='3dc5ef50861ee18657f9db2eeb7392f9c2a6c95c90ab41e45ab4ca71476b4338' ;; \
-        arm64) rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupSha256='32a1532f7cef072a667bac53f1a5542c99666c4071af0c9549795bbdb2069ec1' ;; \
+        amd64) rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupSha256='0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db' ;; \
+        arm64) rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupSha256='673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800' ;; \
         *) echo >&2 "unsupported architecture: ${dpkgArch}"; exit 1 ;; \
     esac; \
-    url="https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.24.3/${rustArch}/rustup-init"; \
+    url="https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/${rustArch}/rustup-init"; \
     wget "$url"; \
     echo "${rustupSha256} *rustup-init" | sha256sum -c -; \
     chmod +x rustup-init; \
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile.cache b/docker/ci/Dockerfile.cache
index 986e2d80d..67141fe93 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile.cache
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile.cache
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ ARG VERSION="latest"
 FROM veracruz/ci-base:${VERSION} as final
 
 ARG ARCH=x86_64
+ARG WASM_RUST_VERSION=1.66.1
 
-RUN rustup target add ${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl wasm32-wasi && \
+RUN rustup target add ${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl && \
+    rustup toolchain install ${WASM_RUST_VERSION} --target wasm32-wasi && \
     cargo install empty-library || true # Load crates.io index
 
 WORKDIR /work
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile.local b/docker/ci/Dockerfile.local
index a1f5125c6..27f2b4a38 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile.local
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile.local
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ ARG VERSION="latest"
 FROM veracruz/ci-base:${VERSION} as final
 
 ARG ARCH=x86_64
+ARG WASM_RUST_VERSION=1.66.1
 
-RUN rustup target add ${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl wasm32-wasi && \
+RUN rustup target add ${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl && \
+    rustup toolchain install ${WASM_RUST_VERSION} --target wasm32-wasi && \
     rustup component add rustfmt
 
 WORKDIR /work
diff --git a/docs/CLI_QUICKSTART.md b/docs/CLI_QUICKSTART.md
index 095531e95..a877f44d1 100644
--- a/docs/CLI_QUICKSTART.md
+++ b/docs/CLI_QUICKSTART.md
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ Veracruz supports the direct execution of non-WebAssembly native code via the
 compile the example to WebAssembly, which Rust makes very easy for us:
 
 ``` bash
-$ cargo build \
-    --manifest-path=workspaces/applications/Cargo.toml \
+$ (cd workspaces/applications ; \
+   cargo build \
     --target wasm32-wasi \
     --release \
-    --package shamir-secret-sharing
+    --package shamir-secret-sharing)
 ```
 
 You should now find the example compiled to WebAssembly in the `target/wasm32-wasi/release`
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
deleted file mode 100644
index b6148bc0a..000000000
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.66.0
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a895dea5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "1.70.0"
+components = [ "rustfmt" ]
diff --git a/workspaces/applications/rust-toolchain.toml b/workspaces/applications/rust-toolchain.toml
index c0e5312d1..639fde04d 100644
--- a/workspaces/applications/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/workspaces/applications/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.66.0"
+channel = "1.66.1"
 components = [ "rustfmt" ]
 targets = [ "wasm32-wasi" ]