diff --git a/backend.Dockerfile b/backend.Dockerfile
index 6ccf7327e17..04be575dda8 100644
--- a/backend.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=rust lookupName=rust-lang/rust
-ARG RUST_VERSION=1.73.0@sha256:73af736ea21c14181c257bf674c7095a8bad6343a1eadd327a8bf1ce1c5209b4
+ARG RUST_VERSION=1.74.0
 
 FROM rust:$RUST_VERSION
 
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 8142c301269..639f4f17d95 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.73.0"
+channel = "1.74.0"
diff --git a/src/bin/background-worker.rs b/src/bin/background-worker.rs
index d9c710c11ac..f55a044bcf8 100644
--- a/src/bin/background-worker.rs
+++ b/src/bin/background-worker.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let connection_pool = r2d2::Pool::builder()
         .max_size(10)
         .min_idle(Some(0))
-        .build_unchecked(ConnectionManager::new(&db_url));
+        .build_unchecked(ConnectionManager::new(db_url));
 
     let connection_pool = DieselPool::new_background_worker(connection_pool);