diff --git a/scripts/package/src/package_managers/cargo.sh b/scripts/package/src/package_managers/cargo.sh
index 28903f14..f95eb5a3 100644
--- a/scripts/package/src/package_managers/cargo.sh
+++ b/scripts/package/src/package_managers/cargo.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 cargo::update_all() {
-	cargo install --list | grep -E '^[a-z0-9_-]+ v[0-9.]+:$' | cut -f1 -d' ' | xargs -n1 cargo install
+	# A plain `xargs cargo install` still runs once with no arguments when no crate is
+	# installed, and `cargo install` alone tries to install the current directory.
+	cargo install --list | grep -E '^[a-z0-9_-]+ v[0-9.]+:$' | cut -f1 -d' ' |
+		while read -r cargo_package; do
+			cargo install "$cargo_package"
+		done
 	output::answer "Done"
 }