diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-and-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-and-lint.yaml
index 73b999c1..fd984569 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-and-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-and-lint.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 name: CI
 
 env:
-  RUST_VER: '1.72.1'
+  RUST_VER: '1.73.0'
   CROSS_VER: '0.2.5'
   CARGO_NET_RETRY: 3
 
diff --git a/src/steps/os/archlinux.rs b/src/steps/os/archlinux.rs
index ea03b98f..c1b21227 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/archlinux.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/archlinux.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ impl Aura {
 
 impl ArchPackageManager for Aura {
     fn upgrade(&self, ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
-        let sudo = which("sudo").unwrap_or_else(PathBuf::new);
+        let sudo = which("sudo").unwrap_or_default();
         let mut aur_update = ctx.run_type().execute(&sudo);
 
         if sudo.ends_with("sudo") {