diff --git a/src/tools/miri/miri.bat b/src/tools/miri/miri.bat
index 6f9a8f38d65..b046b6310dd 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/miri.bat
+++ b/src/tools/miri/miri.bat
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set MIRI_SCRIPT_TARGET_DIR=%0\..\miri-script\target
 
 :: If any other steps are added, the "|| exit /b" must be appended to early
 :: return from the script. If not, it will continue execution.
-cargo +stable build %CARGO_EXTRA_FLAGS% -q --target-dir %MIRI_SCRIPT_TARGET_DIR% --manifest-path %0\..\miri-script\Cargo.toml ^
-  || (echo Failed to build miri-script. Is the 'stable' toolchain installed? & exit /b)
+cargo +nightly build %CARGO_EXTRA_FLAGS% -q --target-dir %MIRI_SCRIPT_TARGET_DIR% --manifest-path %0\..\miri-script\Cargo.toml ^
+  || (echo Failed to build miri-script. Is the 'nightly' toolchain installed? & exit /b)
 
 :: Forwards all arguments to this file to the executable.
 :: We invoke the binary directly to avoid going through rustup, which would set some extra