diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 53c070aea2..89307da89d 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module(
     name = "rules_rust",
-    version = "0.45.0",
+    version = "0.45.1",
 )
 
 bazel_dep(
diff --git a/crate_universe/private/generate_utils.bzl b/crate_universe/private/generate_utils.bzl
index f1f593dd6a..a6c88dd81b 100644
--- a/crate_universe/private/generate_utils.bzl
+++ b/crate_universe/private/generate_utils.bzl
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def determine_repin(repository_ctx, generator, lockfile_path, config, splicing_m
     # If it was determined repinning should occur but there was no
     # flag indicating repinning was requested, an error is raised
     # since repinning should be an explicit action
-    if result.stdout.strip().lower() == "repin":
+    if result.return_code:
         fail(("\n".join([
             result.stderr,
             (
diff --git a/version.bzl b/version.bzl
index 943a8efbaf..a04955ed26 100644
--- a/version.bzl
+++ b/version.bzl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """The version of rules_rust."""
 
-VERSION = "0.45.0"
+VERSION = "0.45.1"