diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index d5696b7a45272..47a640578dd11 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /tools/**/* @FrozenPandaz @vsavkin @AgentEnder @jaysoo @JamesHenry
 package.json @nrwl/nx-core-reviewers
 pnpm-lock.yaml @nrwl/nx-core-reviewers
+rust-toolchain @nrwl/nx-native-reviewers
 
 # Docs Site + Graph
 /docs @nrwl/nx-docs-reviewers
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6c623f78cb343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.70
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