diff --git a/.github/workflows/roll-pinned-toolchain-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/roll-pinned-toolchain-versions.yml
index a972a2f682..90de5927d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/roll-pinned-toolchain-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/roll-pinned-toolchain-versions.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ jobs:
 
             # Confirm that the update didn't bork `Cargo.toml`.
             validate-file "$REGEX" Cargo.toml
+
+            export RUSTFLAGS='--cfg zerocopy_derive_union_into_bytes'
+
             # Run `cargo fix` in case there are any warnings or errors
             # introduced on this new toolchain that we can fix automatically.
             # This is best-effort, so we don't let failure cause the whole job