diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
index a47f3af60cbd5..890e64e2babbc 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.1.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1aeb932158bd710538c73702db6945cb68a8fb08c519e6e12706b94263b36db8"
+checksum = "9540e661f81799159abee814118cc139a2004b3a3aa3ea37724a1b66530b90e0"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
index ed51862390d40..2c1d85b01e6af 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ test = false
 # Most of the time updating these dependencies requires modifications to the
 # bootstrap codebase(e.g., https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/124565);
 # otherwise, some targets will fail. That's why these dependencies are explicitly pinned.
-cc = "=1.2.0"
+#
+# Do not upgrade this crate unless https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1317 is fixed.
+cc = "=1.1.22"
 cmake = "=0.1.48"
 
 build_helper = { path = "../build_helper" }