diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 49ae6751b2..3249d218cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
+      - crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/**
       - version.bzl
       - .github/workflows/release.yaml
   push:
diff --git a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
index be8794ff39..8553791cee 100644
--- a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
+++ b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
@@ -23,14 +23,10 @@ def cross_installer_deps(**kwargs):
         http_archive,
         name = "cross_rs",
         # v0.2.5+
-        urls = ["https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/archive/4090beca3cfffa44371a5bba524de3a578aa46c3.zip"],
-        strip_prefix = "cross-4090beca3cfffa44371a5bba524de3a578aa46c3",
-        integrity = "sha256-9lo/wRsDWdaTzt3kVSBWRfNp+DXeDZqrG3Z+10mE+fo=",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/archive/588b3c99db52b5a9c5906fab96cfadcf1bde7863.zip"],
+        strip_prefix = "cross-588b3c99db52b5a9c5906fab96cfadcf1bde7863",
+        integrity = "sha256-5LqzALSHMZGDtTLMk94fGa6oexMfoi3YjlbivVstMXU=",
         build_file_content = """exports_files(["Cargo.toml", "Cargo.lock"], visibility = ["//visibility:public"])""",
-        patch_args = ["-p1"],
-        patches = [
-            Label("//crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches:cross_rs.static_mut_refs.patch"),
-        ],
     )
 
     direct_deps.append(struct(
diff --git a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/BUILD.bazel b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/README.md b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 588226cf45..0000000000
--- a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Cross-rs patches
-
-## [cross_rs.static_mut_refs](cross_rs.static_mut_refs.patch)
-
-Silences noisy warnings. The issue is tracked by <https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/issues/1561>
diff --git a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/cross_rs.static_mut_refs.patch b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/cross_rs.static_mut_refs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c3add1007..0000000000
--- a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/patches/cross_rs.static_mut_refs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/docker/local.rs b/src/docker/local.rs
-index f7d0507..913b44f 100644
---- a/src/docker/local.rs
-+++ b/src/docker/local.rs
-@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-+#![allow(static_mut_refs)]
-+
- use std::io;
- use std::path::Path;
- use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
-diff --git a/src/docker/shared.rs b/src/docker/shared.rs
-index 7996e1f..f82db29 100644
---- a/src/docker/shared.rs
-+++ b/src/docker/shared.rs
-@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-+#![allow(static_mut_refs)]
-+
- use std::io::Write;
- use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
- use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus, Output};
-diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
-index bcb4d35..7d09934 100644
---- a/src/errors.rs
-+++ b/src/errors.rs
-@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-+#![allow(static_mut_refs)]
-+
- use crate::docker;
- use crate::temp;
- 
-diff --git a/src/temp.rs b/src/temp.rs
-index f9a180d..0697720 100644
---- a/src/temp.rs
-+++ b/src/temp.rs
-@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-+#![allow(static_mut_refs)]
-+
- use std::fs;
- use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-