diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-rust-workspace-msrv.yml b/.github/workflows/test-rust-workspace-msrv.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02444b52856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-rust-workspace-msrv.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name: Test (MSRV check)
+
+# TL;DR https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/issues/4384
+#
+# This workflow acts to ensure that we can publish to crates.io, we need this extra check as libraries don't respect the Cargo.lock file committed in this repository.
+# We must then always be able to build the workspace using the latest versions of all of our dependencies, so we explicitly update them and build in this workflow. 
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+# This will cancel previous runs when a branch or PR is updated
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-test-artifacts:
+    name: Build test artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.71.1
+        with:
+          targets: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      # We force the ACVM crate and all of its dependencies to update their dependencies
+      # This ensures that we'll be able to build the crates when they're being published. 
+      - name: Update Cargo.lock
+        run: |
+          cargo update --package acvm --aggressive
+          cargo update --package bn254_blackbox_solver --aggressive
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          key: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-msrv-check
+          cache-on-failure: true
+          save-if: ${{ github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
+
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: nextest@0.9.67
+
+      - name: Build and archive tests
+        run: cargo nextest archive --workspace --release --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst
+      
+      - name: Upload archive to workflow
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nextest-archive
+          path: nextest-archive.tar.zst
+
+  run-tests:
+    name: "Run tests (partition ${{matrix.partition}})"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-test-artifacts]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        partition: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.71.1
+        with:
+          targets: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: nextest@0.9.67
+      
+      - name: Download archive
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nextest-archive
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          cargo nextest run --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst \
+            --partition count:${{ matrix.partition }}/4
+
+  # This is a job which depends on all test jobs and reports the overall status.
+  # This allows us to add/remove test jobs without having to update the required workflows.
+  tests-end:
+    name: Rust End
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # We want this job to always run (even if the dependant jobs fail) as we want this job to fail rather than skipping.
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+    needs: 
+      - run-tests
+    
+    steps:
+        - name: Report overall success
+          run: |
+            if [[ $FAIL == true ]]; then
+                exit 1
+            else
+                exit 0
+            fi
+          env:
+            # We treat any cancelled, skipped or failing jobs as a failure for the workflow as a whole.
+            FAIL: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped') }}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 659df12f260..f0d0a2eaebb 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
       rustToolchain = fenix.packages.${system}.fromToolchainFile {
         file = ./rust-toolchain.toml;
-        sha256 = "sha256-R0F0Risbr74xg9mEYydyebx/z0Wu6HI0/KWwrV30vZo=";
+        sha256 = "sha256-dxE7lmCFWlq0nl/wKcmYvpP9zqQbBitAQgZ1zx9Ooik=";
       };
 
       craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain rustToolchain;
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index b6f7edc4bde..955e24485fc 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.71.1"
+channel = "1.72.1"
 components = [ "rust-src" ]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-wasi", "aarch64-apple-darwin" ]
 profile = "default"