diff --git a/config/versions.yaml b/config/versions.yaml
index ff82ae4d..405a23fb 100644
--- a/config/versions.yaml
+++ b/config/versions.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 # docker-images/ubi8-rust-builder/Dockerfile & docker-images/ubi9-rust-builder/Dockerfile
 rust_version: 1.82.0
 
+# This nightly version is only used for cargo fmt invocations, because we use nightly-only
+# rustfmt config options in rustfmt.toml. The version should be kept in line with the version
+# used in the operator-rs repository.
+rust_nightly_version: nightly-2025-01-15
+
 # IMPORTANT
 # If you change the Hadolint version here, make sure to also change the hook
 # refs in the local and templated .pre-commit-config.yaml files.
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml.j2 b/template/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml.j2
index 766670ef..2b76e2dd 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml.j2
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "{[ rust_version }]"
+  RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "{[ rust_nightly_version }]"
   HADOLINT_VERSION: "{[ hadolint_version }]"
   PYTHON_VERSION: "{[ python_version }]"
 
diff --git a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2 b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
index a36fdcb7..2bdd33c9 100644
--- a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
+++ b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/doublify/pre-commit-rust
     rev: eeee35a89e69d5772bdee97db1a6a898467b686e # 1.0
     hooks:
-      - id: fmt
-        # Pinning to a specific rustc version, so that we get consistent formatting
-        entry: RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=nightly-2025-01-15 cargo fmt
-        args: ["--all", "--", "--check"]
       - id: clippy
         args: ["--all-targets", "--", "-D", "warnings"]
 
@@ -78,3 +74,10 @@ repos:
         entry: cargo test
         stages: [pre-commit, pre-merge-commit, manual]
         pass_filenames: false
+
+      - id: cargo-rustfmt
+        name: cargo-rustfmt
+        language: system
+        entry: cargo +{[rust_nightly_version}] fmt --all -- --check
+        stages: [pre-commit]
+        pass_filenames: false