diff --git a/libazureinit/Cargo.toml b/libazureinit/Cargo.toml
index 59c90606..6188839d 100644
--- a/libazureinit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libazureinit/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ thiserror = "2.0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 serde-xml-rs = "0.8.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
-rustix = { version = "0.38", features = ["fs", "process"] }
+rustix = { version = "1.1", features = ["fs", "process"] }
 users = "0.11"
 block-utils = "0.11.1"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/libazureinit/src/provision/ssh.rs b/libazureinit/src/provision/ssh.rs
index 70b55360..9b1da97e 100644
--- a/libazureinit/src/provision/ssh.rs
+++ b/libazureinit/src/provision/ssh.rs
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ pub(crate) fn provision_ssh(
     query_sshd_config: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let home_dir = &user.home_dir;
-    // SAFETY: uid and gid values come from the users crate which returns valid system user IDs
-    let uid = unsafe { Uid::from_raw(user.uid) };
-    let gid = unsafe { Gid::from_raw(user.gid) };
+    let uid = Uid::from_raw(user.uid);
+    let gid = Gid::from_raw(user.gid);
 
     let authorized_keys_path = if query_sshd_config {
         tracing::info!(