diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index c512e700583..e3c30f625ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'cargo'
 pkgname=cargo
-version=0.58.0
+version=1.61.0
 revision=1
-wrksrc="cargo-${version}"
+wrksrc="cargo-rust-${version}"
 build_helper=rust
 hostmakedepends="cargo-bootstrap rust python3 curl cmake pkg-config zlib-devel"
 makedepends="rust libcurl-devel openssl-devel"
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ short_desc="Rust package manager"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://crates.io/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/archive/${version}.tar.gz
- https://github.com/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/archive/refs/tags/crossbeam-utils-0.8.5.tar.gz"
-checksum="e1d6f55414a29906d24b13c687996b5220e08ccce9c682e4c02851138fc7093f
- 57db07eb38b0aaf7951c79b4639819cb84bc4269507091afea7267e10a54e079"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/archive/rust-${version}.tar.gz
+ https://github.com/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/archive/refs/tags/crossbeam-utils-0.8.8.tar.gz"
+checksum="6261b51441f50abe08a2992a349b22a2385846bfc9cb288ae9a3a609b904099e
+ 52c451910203cd9002cc4b85cff95f45c6ba245392801e80d7898ca5c3c3ab29"
 replaces="cargo-tree>=0"
 
 build_options="static bindist"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ -z "$_build_static" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libgit2-devel"
 fi
 
-post_extract() {
+pre_patch() {
 	mv ../crossbeam-* crossbeam-utils
 }