diff --git a/build-aux/cargo-updater.js b/build-aux/cargo-updater.js
index 1b64fda4..f91b9074 100644
--- a/build-aux/cargo-updater.js
+++ b/build-aux/cargo-updater.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const TOML = require('@iarna/toml')
+const { exec } = require('node:child_process')
 
 module.exports.readVersion = function (contents) {
   const data = TOML.parse(contents)
@@ -6,7 +7,11 @@ module.exports.readVersion = function (contents) {
 }
 
 module.exports.writeVersion = function (contents, version) {
-  const data = TOML.parse(contents)
-  data.package.version = version
-  return TOML.stringify(data)
+  exec('cargo-set-version set-version ' + version, (err, output) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error("Could not run Cargo subcommand to set version: ", err)
+      return
+    }
+  })
+  return contents
 }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 70027537..84588dac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ AM_COND_IF([DEPENDENCY_CHECKS], [
 ])
 
 AM_COND_IF([DEVELOPER_MODE], [
+    QUE_PROGVAR([cargosetversion], [cargo-set-version])
     QUE_PROGVAR([checkmake])
     QUE_PROGVAR([luacheck])
     QUE_PROGVAR([ruff])
     QUE_PROGVAR([stylua])
-    QUE_PROGVAR([tr])
     QUE_PROGVAR([taplo])
+    QUE_PROGVAR([tr])
     QUE_PROGVAR([typos])
 ])