diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 4ee6331b958b..07504be06f3a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "9.6.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "7.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "2.2.0")  # Keep this in sync with cmake/MODULE.bazel.in.  # noqa
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.71.2")  # When upgrading, locally test that crate vendoring still works via `tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh && bazel test //tools/install/libdrake/...`.
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.72.0")  # When upgrading, locally test that crate vendoring still works via `tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh && bazel test //tools/install/libdrake/...`.
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.8.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "with_cfg.bzl", version = "1.0.0")
 
diff --git a/tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh b/tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh
index 485ef4e16955..466ab7f3e90d 100755
--- a/tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh
+++ b/tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ cd $(dirname $(python3 -c 'import os; print(os.path.realpath("'"$0"'"))'))
 # custom to Drake, and handled separately below.
 bazel run :crate -- --repin=all
 
-# Patch a rules_rust regression (bazelbuild/rules_rust#4132) that erroneously
-# omits the repository name from the all_crate_deps label output.
-perl -pi -e 's#Label\("(?!//tools)#Label("\@crate#g' lock/details/crates.bzl
-
 # Fix the upgrade advice comments in the generated BUILD files.
 old_tool="bazel run @@//tools/workspace/crate_universe:crate"
 new_tool="tools/workspace/crate_universe/upgrade.sh"