diff --git a/.expeditor/scripts/post_habitat_release/shared.sh b/.expeditor/scripts/post_habitat_release/shared.sh
index 486b751be..6f0dc7f8c 100755
--- a/.expeditor/scripts/post_habitat_release/shared.sh
+++ b/.expeditor/scripts/post_habitat_release/shared.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ install_rustup() {
 }
 
 get_toolchain() {
-    cat "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/rust-toolchain"
+    tail -n 1 "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/rust-toolchain" | cut -d'"' -f 2
 }
 
 latest_release_tag() {
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c2ec80be..e694ff936 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ unit-$1: linux ## executes the $1 component's unit test suite
 endef
 $(foreach component,$(ALL),$(eval $(call UNIT,$(component))))
 
-TOOLCHAIN := $(shell cat rust-toolchain)
+TOOLCHAIN := $(shell tail -n 1  rust-toolchain | cut -d'"' -f 2)
 lint:
 	$(run) test/run_clippy.sh $(TOOLCHAIN) test/unexamined_lints.txt \
 	                                 test/allowed_lints.txt \
diff --git a/components/builder-api/habitat/plan.sh b/components/builder-api/habitat/plan.sh
index 33d712ff6..a08ef46a8 100644
--- a/components/builder-api/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-api/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
 pkg_deps=(core/glibc core/openssl core/coreutils core/gcc-libs core/zeromq
 core/libarchive core/curl core/postgresql)
 pkg_build_deps=(core/protobuf-cpp core/protobuf-rust core/coreutils core/cacerts
-core/rust/"$(cat "../../../rust-toolchain")" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config core/cmake)
+core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config core/cmake)
 pkg_exports=(
   [port]=http.port
 )
diff --git a/components/builder-graph/habitat/plan.sh b/components/builder-graph/habitat/plan.sh
index 0959ad76d..34a79220c 100644
--- a/components/builder-graph/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-graph/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
 pkg_build_deps=(
   core/protobuf-cpp #TODO: This can probably be removed if we removed the crate dep on builder-protocol
   core/protobuf-rust #TODO: This can probably be removed if we removed the crate dep on builder-protocol
-  core/rust/"$(cat "../../../rust-toolchain")"
+  core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)"
   core/pkg-config
   core/git
 )
diff --git a/components/builder-jobsrv/habitat/plan.sh b/components/builder-jobsrv/habitat/plan.sh
index b611b737c..ef5bedd12 100644
--- a/components/builder-jobsrv/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-jobsrv/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
 pkg_deps=(core/glibc core/openssl core/gcc-libs core/zeromq core/libarchive
   core/postgresql)
 pkg_build_deps=(core/protobuf-cpp core/protobuf-rust core/coreutils core/cacerts
-  core/rust/"$(cat "../../../rust-toolchain")" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
+  core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
 pkg_exports=(
   [worker_port]=net.worker_command_port
   [worker_heartbeat]=net.worker_heartbeat_port
diff --git a/components/builder-worker/habitat-dev/plan.sh b/components/builder-worker/habitat-dev/plan.sh
index 5676bb3da..ce084743a 100644
--- a/components/builder-worker/habitat-dev/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-worker/habitat-dev/plan.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkg_deps=(core/glibc core/openssl core/gcc-libs core/zeromq
   core/libarchive core/zlib core/hab core/hab-studio core/hab-pkg-export-container
   core/docker core/curl)
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/cmake core/protobuf-cpp core/protobuf-rust core/coreutils core/cacerts
-  core/rust/"$(cat "../../../rust-toolchain")" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
+  core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
 
 pkg_binds=(
   [jobsrv]="worker_port worker_heartbeat log_port"
diff --git a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux-kernel2/plan.sh b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux-kernel2/plan.sh
index e9397ca04..4d4de0d7f 100644
--- a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux-kernel2/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux-kernel2/plan.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
 pkg_deps=(core/glibc core/openssl core/gcc-libs core/zeromq
   core/libarchive core/zlib core/hab core/hab-studio core/curl)
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/cmake core/protobuf-cpp core/protobuf-rust core/coreutils core/cacerts
-  core/rust/"$(cat "../../../../rust-toolchain")" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
+  core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
 pkg_binds=(
   [jobsrv]="worker_port worker_heartbeat log_port"
   [depot]="url"
diff --git a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux/plan.sh b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux/plan.sh
index 6b1e28dff..fee582283 100644
--- a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux/plan.sh
+++ b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-linux/plan.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkg_deps=(core/glibc core/openssl core/gcc-libs core/zeromq
   core/libarchive core/zlib core/hab core/hab-studio core/hab-pkg-export-container
   core/docker core/curl)
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/cmake core/protobuf-cpp core/protobuf-rust core/coreutils core/cacerts
-  core/rust/"$(cat "../../../../rust-toolchain")" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
+  core/rust/"$(tail -n 1 "../../../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2)" core/gcc core/git core/pkg-config)
 pkg_binds=(
   [jobsrv]="worker_port worker_heartbeat log_port"
   [depot]="url"
diff --git a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-windows/plan.ps1 b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-windows/plan.ps1
index f92544827..741bf275a 100644
--- a/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-windows/plan.ps1
+++ b/components/builder-worker/habitat/x86_64-windows/plan.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ $pkg_build_deps = @(
     "core/visual-cpp-build-tools-2015",
     "core/windows-10-sdk",
     "core/protobuf",
-    "core/rust/$(Get-Content "../../../../rust-toolchain")",
+    "core/rust/$((ConvertFrom-StringData (Get-Content "../../../../rust-toolchain")[1]).channel.Replace('"', ''))",
     "core/cacerts",
     "core/git",
     "core/perl"
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index 5deab586f..864d3c411 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-1.68.2
+[toolchain]
+channel = "1.68.2"
diff --git a/support/ci/shared.ps1 b/support/ci/shared.ps1
index 8458c6ffe..798e0c3be 100644
--- a/support/ci/shared.ps1
+++ b/support/ci/shared.ps1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function Get-RustfmtToolchain {
 }
 
 function Get-Toolchain {
-    "$(Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\..\..\rust-toolchain)"
+    "$((ConvertFrom-StringData (Get-Content "$PLAN_CONTEXT/../../../rust-toolchain")[1]).channel.Replace('"', ''))"
 }
 
 function Install-RustToolchain($Toolchain) {
diff --git a/support/ci/shared.sh b/support/ci/shared.sh
index e71d5d5d1..dd050552d 100755
--- a/support/ci/shared.sh
+++ b/support/ci/shared.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ get_rustfmt_toolchain() {
 }
 
 get_toolchain() {
-  cat "$dir/../../rust-toolchain"
+  tail -n 1 "$dir/../../rust-toolchain"  | cut -d'"' -f 2
 }
 
 install_rustup() {