diff --git a/coreutils-ctor-1_x.diff b/coreutils-ctor-1_x.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd0c110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-ctor-1_x.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- a/tests/test_util_name.rs
++++ b/tests/test_util_name.rs
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub const TESTS_BINARY: &str = env!("CAR
+ // Set the environment variable for any tests
+ 
+ // Use the ctor attribute to run this function before any tests
+-#[ctor::ctor]
++#[ctor::ctor(unsafe)]
+ fn init() {
+     // No need for unsafe here
+     unsafe {
+--- a/tests/test_uudoc.rs
++++ b/tests/test_uudoc.rs
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub const TESTS_BINARY: &str = env!("CAR
+ // Set the environment variable for any tests
+ 
+ // Use the ctor attribute to run this function before any tests
+-#[ctor::ctor]
++#[ctor::ctor(unsafe)]
+ fn init() {
+     // No need for unsafe here
+     unsafe {
+--- a/tests/tests.rs
++++ b/tests/tests.rs
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::env;
+ pub const TESTS_BINARY: &str = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_coreutils");
+ 
+ // Use the ctor attribute to run this function before any tests
+-#[ctor::ctor]
++#[ctor::ctor(unsafe)]
+ fn init() {
+     unsafe {
+         // Necessary for uutests to be able to find the binary
diff --git a/coreutils-fix-metadata.diff b/coreutils-fix-metadata.diff
index 1d9e38c..870dba7 100644
--- a/coreutils-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/coreutils-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --- coreutils-0.7.0/Cargo.toml	2006-07-24T01:21:28+00:00
-+++ coreutils-0.7.0/Cargo.toml	2026-04-14T19:49:54.150000+00:00
++++ coreutils-0.7.0/Cargo.toml	2026-08-06T11:26:04.426642+00:00
 @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@
  package = "uu_runcon"
  
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@
  optional = true
  
  [dependencies.seq]
+@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
+ version = "0.6.8"
+ 
+ [dev-dependencies.ctor]
+-version = "0.6.0"
++version = "1"
+ 
+ [dev-dependencies.filetime]
+ version = "0.2.23"
diff --git a/rust-coreutils.spec b/rust-coreutils.spec
index b46a72d..5fa87a6 100644
--- a/rust-coreutils.spec
+++ b/rust-coreutils.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ URL:            https://crates.io/crates/coreutils
 Source:         %{crates_source}
 # Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
 # * loosen selinux version bound from =0.6.0 to 0.6.0
+# * bump ctor from 0.6 to 1
 Patch:          coreutils-fix-metadata.diff
+# * compatibility fixes for ctor 1.x
+Patch2:         coreutils-ctor-1_x.diff
 
 # leaf package, SIGABRT on compile
 ExcludeArch:    %{ix86}
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index 4e432a3..b15fbfa 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description = "coreutils ~ GNU coreutils (updated); implemented as universal (cr
 
 cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
   "loosen selinux version bound from =0.6.0 to 0.6.0",
+  "bump ctor from 0.6 to 1",
 ]
 
 bin-package-name = "uutils-coreutils"
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ extra-files = [
 [package.bin-renames]
 coreutils = "uutils-coreutils"
 
+[[package.extra-patches]]
+number = 2
+file = "uutests-ctor-1_x.diff"
+comments = ["compatibility fixes for ctor 1.x"]
+
 [features]
 enable = [
   "feat_os_unix",
diff --git a/series b/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b8738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/series
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+coreutils-fix-metadata.diff
+coreutils-ctor-1_x.diff