diff --git a/.github/release-canary-v3 b/.github/release-canary-v3
index 7f8f011..45a4fb7 100644
--- a/.github/release-canary-v3
+++ b/.github/release-canary-v3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c384233..fd36227 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export PIKA_BUILD_ARCH = $(shell cat ../pika-build-arch)
 override_dh_prep:
 # amd64 build prep
 ifeq (amd64-v3,$(PIKA_BUILD_ARCH))
-export RUSTFLAGS = -C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C lto=fat -C codegen-units=1 -C opt-level=3
+export RUSTFLAGS = -C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C lto=fat -C embed-bitcode -C codegen-units=1 -C opt-level=3
 endif
 
 BUILDFLAGS := --release