diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bc1f4872e9b..15b863da890 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3360,9 +3360,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.9"
+version = "0.8.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6a4b9e8023eb94392d3dca65d717c53abc5dad49c07cb65bb8fcd87115fa325"
+checksum = "9a9aad4a3066010876e8dcf5a8a06e70a558751117a145c6ce2b82c2e2054290"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -3381,9 +3381,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.21.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a8534fd7f78b5405e860340ad6575217ce99f38d4d5c8f2442cb5ecb50090e1"
+checksum = "0c9ffdf896f8daaabf9b66ba8e77ea1ed5ed0f72821b398aba62352e95062951"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 488f53cedc1..7869c7fcd47 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ tar = { version = "0.4.40", default-features = false }
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["parsing", "formatting", "serde"] }
-toml = "0.8.9"
-toml_edit = { version = "0.21.1", features = ["serde"] }
+toml = "0.8.10"
+toml_edit = { version = "0.22.4", features = ["serde"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40" # be compatible with rustc_log: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/e51e98dde6a/compiler/rustc_log/Cargo.toml#L9
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 unicase = "2.7.0"
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
index 901357dbc59..77d0de035fb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
@@ -1349,11 +1349,14 @@ impl Config {
                 let doc: toml_edit::Document = arg.parse().with_context(|| {
                     format!("failed to parse value from --config argument `{arg}` as a dotted key expression")
                 })?;
+                fn non_empty(d: Option<&toml_edit::RawString>) -> bool {
+                    d.map_or(false, |p| !p.as_str().unwrap_or_default().trim().is_empty())
+                }
                 fn non_empty_decor(d: &toml_edit::Decor) -> bool {
-                    d.prefix()
-                        .map_or(false, |p| !p.as_str().unwrap_or_default().trim().is_empty())
-                        || d.suffix()
-                            .map_or(false, |s| !s.as_str().unwrap_or_default().trim().is_empty())
+                    non_empty(d.prefix()) || non_empty(d.suffix())
+                }
+                fn non_empty_key_decor(k: &toml_edit::Key) -> bool {
+                    non_empty_decor(k.leaf_decor()) || non_empty_decor(k.dotted_decor())
                 }
                 let ok = {
                     let mut got_to_value = false;
@@ -1367,7 +1370,7 @@ impl Config {
                         let (k, n) = table.iter().next().expect("len() == 1 above");
                         match n {
                             Item::Table(nt) => {
-                                if table.key_decor(k).map_or(false, non_empty_decor)
+                                if table.key(k).map_or(false, non_empty_key_decor)
                                     || non_empty_decor(nt.decor())
                                 {
                                     bail!(
@@ -1384,7 +1387,11 @@ impl Config {
                                 );
                             }
                             Item::Value(v) => {
-                                if non_empty_decor(v.decor()) {
+                                if table
+                                    .key(k)
+                                    .map_or(false, |k| non_empty(k.leaf_decor().prefix()))
+                                    || non_empty_decor(v.decor())
+                                {
                                     bail!(
                                         "--config argument `{arg}` \
                                             includes non-whitespace decoration"