diff --git a/.ci/before_build_wheel.sh b/.ci/before_build_wheel.sh
index 56108dcd60..44ca97f31b 100644
--- a/.ci/before_build_wheel.sh
+++ b/.ci/before_build_wheel.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Install a Rust toolchain
-curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain 1.82.0 -y --profile minimal
+curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain stable -y --profile minimal
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index 531680b989..33b965d960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Build release artifacts
 on:
   # we build on PRs and develop to (hopefully) get early warning
   # of things breaking (but only build one set of debs). PRs skip
-  # building wheels on macOS & ARM.
+  # building wheels on ARM.
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches: ["develop", "release-*"]
diff --git a/changelog.d/19302.misc b/changelog.d/19302.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..606ab5b52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/19302.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Unpin the version of Rust we use to build Synapse wheels (was 1.82.0) now that MacOS support has been dropped.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 182861ca39..a9832ccabf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -471,9 +471,6 @@ skip = "cp3??t-* *i686* *macosx*"
 enable = "pypy"
 
 # We need a rust compiler.
-#
-# We temporarily pin Rust to 1.82.0 to work around
-# https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17988
 before-all =  "sh .ci/before_build_wheel.sh"
 environment= { PATH = "$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin" }