diff --git a/lang/rust-nightly/Makefile b/lang/rust-nightly/Makefile
index bd6502f19d01..efa0bbc68ad7 100644
--- a/lang/rust-nightly/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rust-nightly/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # Run update.sh to update to the latest nightly
-PORTVERSION=	1.95.0.${NIGHTLY_DATE:C,-,,g}
+PORTVERSION=	1.96.0.${NIGHTLY_DATE:C,-,,g}
 # Always set PORTREVISION explicitly as otherwise it is inherited from lang/rust
 PORTREVISION=	0
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-nightly
 DISTNAME=	rustc-nightly-src
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	upstream does not provide bootstraps for other architectures
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	rust rust188
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../rust
 PATCHDIR=	${.CURDIR}/files
 DISTINFO_FILE=	${.CURDIR}/distinfo
 
-NIGHTLY_DATE=		2026-02-23
-BOOTSTRAPS_DATE=	2026-01-20
+NIGHTLY_DATE=		2026-03-09
+BOOTSTRAPS_DATE=	2026-03-05
 RUST_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION=	beta
 
 post-extract:
 	@${FIND} -d ${WRKSRC} -name .github -exec ${RM} -r {} \;
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
diff --git a/lang/rust-nightly/distinfo b/lang/rust-nightly/distinfo
index 8406c5189d10..f3d79abfbe03 100644
--- a/lang/rust-nightly/distinfo
+++ b/lang/rust-nightly/distinfo
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1771944414
-SHA256 (rust/2026-02-23/rustc-nightly-src.tar.xz) = 1fe2d86a6f0620aaf2a2b6c70d84a752e0f72a97e0cfe0f7e0e7a931d7e9289e
-SIZE (rust/2026-02-23/rustc-nightly-src.tar.xz) = 238914828
-SHA256 (rust/2026-01-20/rustc-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 9153cf38b57677a9f433a2cf70086a13f913445142692513a2b23155d4ae22c5
-SIZE (rust/2026-01-20/rustc-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 90585224
-SHA256 (rust/2026-01-20/rust-std-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 8baa09381fa21da8b0d5c24212696975ca83f7bfb3ee29bd64a8f2c47bda9bfe
-SIZE (rust/2026-01-20/rust-std-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 29064796
-SHA256 (rust/2026-01-20/cargo-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 6b3143539a6d938a236364eb8c6b5a042f154daaa120e2ae00e7610c60e5e0a7
-SIZE (rust/2026-01-20/cargo-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 11673556
+TIMESTAMP = 1773146778
+SHA256 (rust/2026-03-09/rustc-nightly-src.tar.xz) = 65693983a1bf13320f8194ea5e430e253115dd8f23997154f79720285bc69c99
+SIZE (rust/2026-03-09/rustc-nightly-src.tar.xz) = 239391064
+SHA256 (rust/2026-03-05/rustc-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = c773c2e91b829ef50736baf135e34aaca6f85a6c3ba338a955b22934f0a0e007
+SIZE (rust/2026-03-05/rustc-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 92465400
+SHA256 (rust/2026-03-05/rust-std-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = bf727d7b87bafcc2cfdd45a61e9b728a73024cd141fdc37dcfe9731545645e2d
+SIZE (rust/2026-03-05/rust-std-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 28833256
+SHA256 (rust/2026-03-05/cargo-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 203a9b205262c90cfa04870d8e5233ab65bf6ad8840579194455917e50e51736
+SIZE (rust/2026-03-05/cargo-beta-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz) = 11596696