diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
index f750765d13c3..688cb7379ae7 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ base64 = "~0.13.0"
 bendy = { version = "~0.3.3", default-features = false }
 asn1-rs = { version = "~0.6.1" }
 
-# last version to work with MSRV 1.63
-time = "=0.3.20"
+# Use custom branch of time as 0.3.20 is required for our MSRV of
+# 1.63, but 0.3.20 also fails to build on latest Rust.
+#
+# With Rust 1.67+ we can move to time 0.3.35 and not worry about this.
+time = { version = "=0.3.20", git = "https://github.com/jasonish/time", branch = "0.3.20-suricata", features = ["macros", "formatting"] }
 
 suricata-derive = { path = "./derive", version = "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" }