diff --git a/bridges/snowbridge/scripts/contribute-upstream.sh b/bridges/snowbridge/scripts/contribute-upstream.sh
index cdca41bc5781..d5df6e052c69 100644
--- a/bridges/snowbridge/scripts/contribute-upstream.sh
+++ b/bridges/snowbridge/scripts/contribute-upstream.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ trap revert_to_clean_state EXIT
 SNOWBRIDGE_FOLDER="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )/../.."
 
 # remove everything we think is not required for our needs
+rm -rf rust-toolchain.toml
 rm -rf $SNOWBRIDGE_FOLDER/.cargo
 rm -rf $SNOWBRIDGE_FOLDER/.config
 rm -rf $SNOWBRIDGE_FOLDER/.github
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index a58fbd2ecf74..67b8d976bd26 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/issues/2686
 # The auto-installation behaviour in rustup will likely be removed:
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/issues/1397
-channel = "1.74.0"
+channel = "1.75.0"
 components = [
     "clippy",
     "rust-analyzer",