diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index 031b4cc8..3fb0f586 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 # to the user in the error, instead of "error: invalid channel name '[toolchain]'".
 
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.76.0"
+channel = "1.76"  # Avoid specifying a patch version here; see https://github.com/emilk/eframe_template/issues/145
 components = [ "rustfmt", "clippy" ]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]