diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yml
index 83bfb2c..a03bacb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
       - '*/smoke-test.sh'
       - '*/node-keyring.kbx'
       - '*/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg'
+      - '*/rustup-init-*.sha256'
       - build-config.sh
       - .trivyignore.yaml
   push:
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ on:
       - '*/smoke-test.sh'
       - '*/node-keyring.kbx'
       - '*/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg'
+      - '*/rustup-init-*.sha256'
       - build-config.sh
 
 permissions: {}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e355707..6286ca3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           # Commit each changed README via the contents API (one commit per
-          # file, same pattern as update-keys.yml). Commits are created by
-          # the app, so they are verified.
+          # file, same pattern as update-material.yml). Commits are created
+          # by the app, so they are verified.
           while IFS= read -r path; do
             image="${path%%/*}"
             existing_sha=$(gh api "repos/${REPO}/contents/${path}?ref=${BRANCH}" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-keys.yml b/.github/workflows/update-material.yml
similarity index 67%
rename from .github/workflows/update-keys.yml
rename to .github/workflows/update-material.yml
index 100e966..0dba8f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-keys.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-material.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-name: Update Trusted Keys
+name: Update Trusted Material
+
+# Keeps trust material committed to this repository — signing keys,
+# keyrings, and per-version checksum files with no signature of their
+# own — in sync with each upstream. Format-specific verification (GPG,
+# minisign, sha256sum) happens in each image's Dockerfile against the
+# committed file; this workflow only keeps that file's content current.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - .github/workflows/update-keys.yml
+      - .github/workflows/update-material.yml
+      # Entries with a version_file re-run promptly when Renovate bumps the
+      # pinned version, since the currently committed checksum would
+      # otherwise go stale until the next scheduled run.
+      - rust/build.yaml
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 6 * * 3'
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -72,6 +82,33 @@ jobs:
               [cli.github.com](https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg),
               the GPG keyring that signs GitHub's official apt repository used to
               install the `gh` CLI in the uv builder stage.
+          - id: rust-rustup-init-sha256-amd64
+            path: rust/rustup-init-amd64.sha256
+            # VERSION is replaced with RUSTUP_VERSION, read from version_file below.
+            url: https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/VERSION/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init.sha256
+            version_file: rust/build.yaml
+            version_key: RUSTUP_VERSION
+            title: "chore(rust): update rustup-init checksum (amd64)"
+            body: >-
+              Automated sync of `rust/rustup-init-amd64.sha256` from
+              [static.rust-lang.org](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/), matching the
+              currently pinned `RUSTUP_VERSION`. rustup publishes no GPG/minisign signature
+              for `rustup-init`, so this checksum file, committed to the repo and reviewed
+              like any other change, is the trust anchor `rust/Dockerfile` verifies the
+              downloaded binary against.
+          - id: rust-rustup-init-sha256-arm64
+            path: rust/rustup-init-arm64.sha256
+            url: https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/VERSION/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init.sha256
+            version_file: rust/build.yaml
+            version_key: RUSTUP_VERSION
+            title: "chore(rust): update rustup-init checksum (arm64)"
+            body: >-
+              Automated sync of `rust/rustup-init-arm64.sha256` from
+              [static.rust-lang.org](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/), matching the
+              currently pinned `RUSTUP_VERSION`. rustup publishes no GPG/minisign signature
+              for `rustup-init`, so this checksum file, committed to the repo and reviewed
+              like any other change, is the trust anchor `rust/Dockerfile` verifies the
+              downloaded binary against.
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
@@ -81,7 +118,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download remote file
         env:
           URL: ${{ matrix.url }}
-        run: wget -q -T 30 -t 3 -O /tmp/downloaded "${URL}"
+          VERSION_FILE: ${{ matrix.version_file }}
+          VERSION_KEY: ${{ matrix.version_key }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$VERSION_FILE" ]; then
+            VERSION=$(KEY="$VERSION_KEY" yq '.variants[0].build_args.[strenv(KEY)]' "$VERSION_FILE")
+            URL="${URL//VERSION/${VERSION}}"
+          fi
+          wget -q -T 30 -t 3 -O /tmp/downloaded "${URL}"
 
       - name: Check for changes
         id: diff
diff --git a/rust/Dockerfile b/rust/Dockerfile
index 0cde00f..b6951b2 100644
--- a/rust/Dockerfile
+++ b/rust/Dockerfile
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@ ENV PATH=/home/dev/.cargo/bin:${PATH}
 
 USER dev
 
+# rustup publishes no signature for rustup-init, so verify it against a
+# checksum file committed to this repository (kept in sync by
+# .github/workflows/update-material.yml and reviewed like any other change)
+# instead of one fetched from the same server as the binary.
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003 # cd only used in subshell
-RUN case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
-        amd64) RUST_ARCH="x86_64" ;; \
-        arm64) RUST_ARCH="aarch64" ;; \
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=rustup-init-amd64.sha256,target=/tmp/rustup-init-amd64.sha256,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=rustup-init-arm64.sha256,target=/tmp/rustup-init-arm64.sha256,ro \
+    case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
+        amd64) RUST_ARCH="x86_64"; RUSTUP_SHA256_FILE="/tmp/rustup-init-amd64.sha256" ;; \
+        arm64) RUST_ARCH="aarch64"; RUSTUP_SHA256_FILE="/tmp/rustup-init-arm64.sha256" ;; \
         *) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH: ${TARGETARCH}" >&2; exit 1 ;; \
     esac \
     && RUSTUP_TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)" \
-    && RUSTUP_URL="https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/${RUSTUP_VERSION}/${RUST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu" \
-    && wget -q -T 30 -t 3 -P "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" "${RUSTUP_URL}/rustup-init" \
-    && wget -q -T 30 -t 3 -P "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" "${RUSTUP_URL}/rustup-init.sha256" \
-    && (cd "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" && sha256sum -c rustup-init.sha256) \
+    && wget -q -T 30 -t 3 -P "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" \
+        "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/${RUSTUP_VERSION}/${RUST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init" \
+    && (cd "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" && sha256sum -c "${RUSTUP_SHA256_FILE}") \
     && chmod +x "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}/rustup-init" \
     && "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}/rustup-init" -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain none \
     && rm -rf "${RUSTUP_TMPDIR}" \
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 4c608f4..d1900d3 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Dev container image with Rust installed via `rustup`, built on the [debian](../debian) base image.
 
-`rustup` is downloaded directly from the official [rustup release archive](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/) and verified against its published SHA-256 checksum. Rust toolchains are managed by `rustup` and stored in `~/.cargo`.
+`rustup` is downloaded directly from the official [rustup release archive](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/). rustup publishes no signature for `rustup-init`, so it is verified against a SHA-256 checksum file committed to this repository (`rust/rustup-init-<arch>.sha256`) rather than one fetched from the same server as the binary. The committed checksum files are kept in sync with the pinned `RUSTUP_VERSION` by an automated workflow and reviewed like any other change, so later tampering with the download channel cannot affect builds. Rust toolchains are managed by `rustup` and stored in `~/.cargo`.
 
 ## Image
 
diff --git a/rust/rustup-init-amd64.sha256 b/rust/rustup-init-amd64.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f77da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/rustup-init-amd64.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4acc9acc76d5079515b46346a485974457b5a79893cfb01112423c89aeb5aa10 *./rustup-init
diff --git a/rust/rustup-init-arm64.sha256 b/rust/rustup-init-arm64.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5aac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/rustup-init-arm64.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9732d6c5e2a098d3521fca8145d826ae0aaa067ef2385ead08e6feac88fa5792 *./rustup-init
diff --git a/uv/Dockerfile b/uv/Dockerfile
index 66740c9..a5bffc0 100644
--- a/uv/Dockerfile
+++ b/uv/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ USER root
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Install gh from GitHub's official apt repository to verify uv's GitHub
 # Artifact Attestation below. The repository keyring is committed to this repo
-# and kept in sync by the update-keys workflow.
+# and kept in sync by .github/workflows/update-material.yml.
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg,target=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg,readonly \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \