diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index b1699e6717..cc21a442b3 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # The required version should be bumped up if we need new features, performance
 # improvements or bugfixes that are present in newer versions of nextest.
-nextest-version = { required = "0.9.77", recommended = "0.9.78" }
+nextest-version = { required = "0.9.77", recommended = "0.9.86" }
 
 experimental = ["setup-scripts"]
 
diff --git a/.github/buildomat/build-and-test.sh b/.github/buildomat/build-and-test.sh
index 28c1dbc0e6..605bf91b01 100755
--- a/.github/buildomat/build-and-test.sh
+++ b/.github/buildomat/build-and-test.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ target_os=$1
 # NOTE: This version should be in sync with the recommended version in
 # .config/nextest.toml. (Maybe build an automated way to pull the recommended
 # version in the future.)
-NEXTEST_VERSION='0.9.78'
+NEXTEST_VERSION='0.9.86'
 
 cargo --version
 rustc --version