diff --git a/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs b/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
index 32e2e9dcf9..81c6dc5269 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
@@ -1093,6 +1093,19 @@ mod tests {
         Config::from_str(src).unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic(
+        expected = "unknown variant `1999`, expected one of `2024`, `2021`, `2018`, `2015`\n"
+    )]
+    fn invalid_rust_edition_expected() {
+        let src = r#"
+        [rust]
+        edition = "1999"
+        "#;
+
+        Config::from_str(src).unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn print_config() {
         let src = r#"