diff --git a/rust/extractor/src/rust_analyzer.rs b/rust/extractor/src/rust_analyzer.rs
index d79d20b4142f..ef4c638efbe6 100644
--- a/rust/extractor/src/rust_analyzer.rs
+++ b/rust/extractor/src/rust_analyzer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use ra_ap_base_db::{EditionedFileId, RootQueryDb, SourceDatabase};
+use ra_ap_base_db::{EditionedFileId, FileText, RootQueryDb, SourceDatabase};
 use ra_ap_hir::Semantics;
 use ra_ap_ide_db::RootDatabase;
 use ra_ap_load_cargo::{LoadCargoConfig, load_workspace_at};
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use ra_ap_paths::{AbsPath, Utf8PathBuf};
 use ra_ap_project_model::ProjectManifest;
 use ra_ap_project_model::{CargoConfig, ManifestPath};
 use ra_ap_span::Edition;
-use ra_ap_span::EditionedFileId as SpanEditionedFileId;
 use ra_ap_span::TextRange;
 use ra_ap_span::TextSize;
 use ra_ap_syntax::SourceFile;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ impl<'a> RustAnalyzer<'a> {
     ) -> Option<(RootDatabase, Vfs)> {
         let progress = |t| (trace!("progress: {}", t));
         let manifest = project.manifest_path();
-
         match load_workspace_at(manifest.as_ref(), config, load_config, &progress) {
             Ok((db, vfs, _macro_server)) => Some((db, vfs)),
             Err(err) => {
@@ -66,67 +64,70 @@ impl<'a> RustAnalyzer<'a> {
     pub fn new(vfs: &'a Vfs, semantics: &'a Semantics<'a, RootDatabase>) -> Self {
         RustAnalyzer::WithSemantics { vfs, semantics }
     }
-    pub fn parse(&self, path: &Path) -> ParseResult {
-        let no_semantics_reason;
+    fn get_file_data(
+        &self,
+        path: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<(&Semantics<RootDatabase>, EditionedFileId, FileText), &str> {
         match self {
+            RustAnalyzer::WithoutSemantics { reason } => Err(reason),
             RustAnalyzer::WithSemantics { vfs, semantics } => {
-                if let Some(file_id) = path_to_file_id(path, vfs) {
-                    if let Ok(input) = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| semantics.db.file_text(file_id))
-                    {
-                        let file_id = EditionedFileId::new(
-                            semantics.db,
-                            SpanEditionedFileId::current_edition(file_id),
-                        );
-                        let source_file = semantics.parse(file_id);
-                        let errors = semantics
-                            .db
-                            .parse_errors(file_id)
-                            .into_iter()
-                            .flat_map(|x| x.to_vec())
-                            .collect();
-
-                        return ParseResult {
-                            ast: source_file,
-                            text: input.text(semantics.db),
-                            errors,
-                            semantics_info: Ok(FileSemanticInformation { file_id, semantics }),
-                        };
-                    }
-                    debug!(
-                        "No text available for file_id '{:?}', falling back to loading file '{}' from disk.",
-                        file_id,
-                        path.to_string_lossy()
-                    );
-                    no_semantics_reason = "no text available for the file in the project";
-                } else {
-                    no_semantics_reason = "file not found in project";
-                }
-            }
-            RustAnalyzer::WithoutSemantics { reason } => {
-                no_semantics_reason = reason;
+                let file_id = path_to_file_id(path, vfs).ok_or("file not found in project")?;
+                let input = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| semantics.db.file_text(file_id))
+                    .or(Err("no text available for the file in the project"))?;
+                let editioned_file_id = semantics
+                    .attach_first_edition(file_id)
+                    .ok_or("failed to determine rust edition")?;
+                Ok((
+                    semantics,
+                    EditionedFileId::new(semantics.db, editioned_file_id),
+                    input,
+                ))
             }
         }
-        let mut errors = Vec::new();
-        let input = match std::fs::read(path) {
-            Ok(data) => data,
-            Err(e) => {
-                errors.push(SyntaxError::new(
-                    format!("Could not read {}: {}", path.to_string_lossy(), e),
-                    TextRange::empty(TextSize::default()),
-                ));
-                vec![]
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(&self, path: &Path) -> ParseResult {
+        match self.get_file_data(path) {
+            Ok((semantics, file_id, input)) => {
+                let source_file = semantics.parse(file_id);
+                let errors = semantics
+                    .db
+                    .parse_errors(file_id)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .flat_map(|x| x.to_vec())
+                    .collect();
+
+                ParseResult {
+                    ast: source_file,
+                    text: input.text(semantics.db),
+                    errors,
+                    semantics_info: Ok(FileSemanticInformation { file_id, semantics }),
+                }
             }
-        };
-        let (input, err) = from_utf8_lossy(&input);
+            Err(reason) => {
+                let mut errors = Vec::new();
+                let input = match std::fs::read(path) {
+                    Ok(data) => data,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        errors.push(SyntaxError::new(
+                            format!("Could not read {}: {}", path.to_string_lossy(), e),
+                            TextRange::empty(TextSize::default()),
+                        ));
+                        vec![]
+                    }
+                };
+                let (input, err) = from_utf8_lossy(&input);
 
-        let parse = ra_ap_syntax::ast::SourceFile::parse(&input, Edition::CURRENT);
-        errors.extend(parse.errors());
-        errors.extend(err);
-        ParseResult {
-            ast: parse.tree(),
-            text: input.as_ref().into(),
-            errors,
-            semantics_info: Err(no_semantics_reason),
+                let parse = ra_ap_syntax::ast::SourceFile::parse(&input, Edition::CURRENT);
+                errors.extend(parse.errors());
+                errors.extend(err);
+                ParseResult {
+                    ast: parse.tree(),
+                    text: input.as_ref().into(),
+                    errors,
+                    semantics_info: Err(reason),
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/conftest.py b/rust/ql/integration-tests/conftest.py
index a1fbcf4e18d2..578a81a849a9 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/conftest.py
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/conftest.py
@@ -2,13 +2,35 @@
 import json
 import commands
 import pathlib
+import tomllib
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=[2018, 2021, 2024])
+def rust_edition(request):
+    return request.param
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def cargo(cwd):
-    assert (cwd / "Cargo.toml").exists()
+def cargo(cwd, rust_edition):
+    manifest_file = cwd / "Cargo.toml"
+    assert manifest_file.exists()
     (cwd / "rust-project.json").unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
+    def update(file):
+        contents = file.read_text()
+        m = tomllib.loads(contents)
+        if 'package' in m:
+            # tomllib does not support writing, and we don't want to use further dependencies
+            # so we just do a dumb search and replace
+            contents = contents.replace(f'edition = "{m["package"]["edition"]}"', f'edition = "{rust_edition}"')
+            file.write_text(contents)
+        if 'members' in m.get('workspace', ()):
+            for member in m['workspace']['members']:
+                update(file.parent / member / "Cargo.toml")
+
+    update(manifest_file)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def rust_sysroot_src() -> str:
     rust_sysroot = pathlib.Path(commands.run("rustc --print sysroot", _capture=True))
@@ -16,15 +38,19 @@ def rust_sysroot_src() -> str:
     assert ret.exists()
     return str(ret)
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
-def rust_project(cwd, rust_sysroot_src):
+def rust_project(cwd, rust_sysroot_src, rust_edition):
     project_file = cwd / "rust-project.json"
     assert project_file.exists()
     project = json.loads(project_file.read_text())
     project["sysroot_src"] = rust_sysroot_src
+    for c in project["crates"]:
+        c["edition"] = str(rust_edition)
     project_file.write_text(json.dumps(project, indent=4))
     (cwd / "Cargo.toml").unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def rust_check_diagnostics(check_diagnostics):
     check_diagnostics.redact += [
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-project/Cargo.toml b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-project/Cargo.toml
index 909b5b525ff3..7ad4f694f489 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-project/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-project/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hello-cargo"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2021"  # replaced in test
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/Cargo.toml b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/Cargo.toml
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionErrors.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionErrors.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionErrors.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionErrors.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionErrors.qlref b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionErrors.qlref
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionErrors.qlref
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionErrors.qlref
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionWarnings.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionWarnings.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionWarnings.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionWarnings.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionWarnings.qlref b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionWarnings.qlref
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/ExtractionWarnings.qlref
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/ExtractionWarnings.qlref
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/diagnostics.cargo.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/diagnostics.cargo.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/diagnostics.cargo.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/diagnostics.cargo.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/diagnostics.rust-project.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/diagnostics.rust-project.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/diagnostics.rust-project.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/diagnostics.rust-project.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/Cargo.toml b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/Cargo.toml
similarity index 69%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/Cargo.toml
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/Cargo.toml
index b63ccfd5da54..4d9a0e543070 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "exe"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2021"  # replaced in test
 
 [dependencies]
 lib = { path = "../lib" }
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/src/a_module.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/a_module.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/src/a_module.rs
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/a_module.rs
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/src/main.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/exe/src/main.rs
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/exe/src/main.rs
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/functions.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/functions.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/functions.ql b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.ql
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/functions.ql
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/functions.ql
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/Cargo.toml b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/Cargo.toml
similarity index 60%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/Cargo.toml
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/Cargo.toml
index e8fc5405b71f..9d59bf133d3c 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lib"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2021"  # replaced in test
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/src/a_module/mod.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/a_module/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/src/a_module/mod.rs
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/a_module/mod.rs
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/src/lib.rs b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/lib/src/lib.rs
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/lib/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/path-resolution.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/path-resolution.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/path-resolution.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/path-resolution.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/path-resolution.ql b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/path-resolution.ql
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/path-resolution.ql
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/path-resolution.ql
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/rust-project.json b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/rust-project.json
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/rust-project.json
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/rust-project.json
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/source_archive.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/source_archive.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/source_archive.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/source_archive.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.cargo.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.cargo.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.cargo.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.cargo.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.ql b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.ql
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.ql
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.ql
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.rust-project.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.rust-project.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/steps.rust-project.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/steps.rust-project.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.cargo.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.cargo.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.cargo.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.qlref b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.qlref
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.qlref
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.qlref
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.rust-project.expected b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/summary.rust-project.expected
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/summary.rust-project.expected
diff --git a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/test_workspace.py b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/test_workspace.py
similarity index 99%
rename from rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/test_workspace.py
rename to rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/test_workspace.py
index fe8dbc69141c..acf46b70aa64 100644
--- a/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-[workspace]/test_workspace.py
+++ b/rust/ql/integration-tests/hello-workspace/test_workspace.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
 
-
 @pytest.mark.ql_test("steps.ql", expected=".cargo.expected")
 @pytest.mark.ql_test("summary.qlref", expected=".cargo.expected")
 def test_cargo(codeql, rust, cargo, check_source_archive, rust_check_diagnostics):