diff --git a/examples/vsock/src/vsock.rs b/examples/vsock/src/vsock.rs
index 7e0355c15..668ab0cd0 100644
--- a/examples/vsock/src/vsock.rs
+++ b/examples/vsock/src/vsock.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
 /// Virtio socket support for Rust. Implements VsockListener and VsockStream
 /// which are analogous to the `std::net::TcpListener` and `std::net::TcpStream`
 /// types.
diff --git a/kernel b/kernel
index fd66355d1..63fce52cc 160000
--- a/kernel
+++ b/kernel
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fd66355d194175969d1d7348c8fea2297c75635c
+Subproject commit 63fce52cc6c1faee4b9eac7d943c059026ddc7b6
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index a87d39b07..054f2fa0e 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "nightly-2024-06-18"
+channel = "nightly-2024-09-01"
 components = [ "rust-src" ]