diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 804720bea..8bc106e34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # `clippy` testing
         # * convert any warnings to GHA UI annotations; ref: <https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-a-warning-message>
-        S=$(cargo clippy ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }} -- -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::warning file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::WARNING: \`cargo clippy\`: \1/p;" -e '}' ; }
+        S=$(cargo +nightly clippy --target=${{ matrix.job.target }} ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }} -- -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::warning file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::WARNING: \`cargo clippy\`: \1/p;" -e '}' ; }
 
   min_version:
     name: MinRustV # Minimum supported rust version
diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a0a69a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+msrv = "1.43.1"