diff --git a/scripts/get_rust_pkg.py b/scripts/get_rust_pkg.py
index 6b402aa19..a1fc8bf9f 100755
--- a/scripts/get_rust_pkg.py
+++ b/scripts/get_rust_pkg.py
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@ def is_newer_version(args, prev_version, prev_id, check_version, check_id):
 
 
 def get_max_version(pkg):
-  """Ask crates.io for a pkg's latest version."""
+  """Ask crates.io for a pkg's latest stable version."""
   url = "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/" + pkg
   with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as request:
     data = json.loads(request.read().decode())
-    return data["crate"]["max_version"]
+    return data["crate"]["max_stable_version"]
 
 
 def find_dl_path(args, name):
-  """Ask crates.io for the latest version download path."""
+  """Ask crates.io for the latest stable version download path."""
   base_name, version = pkg_base_name(name)
   if not version:
     version = get_max_version(name)