diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 3d572e0..6360c18 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.82.0"
+channel = "1.95.0"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
diff --git a/rust/now-proto-pdu/src/core/string.rs b/rust/now-proto-pdu/src/core/string.rs
index 74e4f65..0b5f39d 100644
--- a/rust/now-proto-pdu/src/core/string.rs
+++ b/rust/now-proto-pdu/src/core/string.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ impl<'a> NowVarStr<'a> {
         // IMPORTANT: we need to check for encoded UTF-8 size, not the string length.
 
         let _: u32 = value
-            .as_bytes()
             .len()
             .try_into()
             .ok()