diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e4dcf13a84b..f34baa8077d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.1.34"
+version = "1.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67b9470d453346108f93a59222a9a1a5724db32d0a4727b7ab7ace4b4d822dc9"
+checksum = "c31a0499c1dc64f458ad13872de75c0eb7e3fdb0e67964610c914b034fc5956e"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
index b898cfec796..eb9a8ebbd3b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 ar_archive_writer = "0.4.2"
 arrayvec = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 bitflags = "2.4.1"
-cc = "1.1.23"
+# Pinned so `cargo update` bumps don't cause breakage. Please also update the
+# `cc` in `rustc_llvm` if you update the `cc` here.
+cc = "=1.2.5"
 either = "1.5.0"
 itertools = "0.12"
 jobserver = "0.1.28"
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_llvm/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_llvm/Cargo.toml
index b29d6b79250..79a6454dbb9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_llvm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_llvm/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ libc = "0.2.73"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
-cc = "1.1.23"
+# Pinned so `cargo update` bumps don't cause breakage. Please also update the
+# pinned `cc` in `rustc_codegen_ssa` if you update `cc` here.
+cc = "=1.2.5"
 # tidy-alphabetical-end