diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index 066d0274f..590da24a6 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-jaxb</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.mweirauch</groupId>
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/commonutil/DateUtil.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/commonutil/DateUtil.java
index 1b3c8a3ff..bf4bf2350 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/commonutil/DateUtil.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/commonutil/DateUtil.java
@@ -57,4 +57,11 @@ public static String toISO8601(final Date date) {
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         return df.format(date);
     }
+
+    public static Date fromISO8601(final String dateString) {
+        if (dateString == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime(dateString).getTime();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzer.java b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb310ca2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Dependency-Track.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package org.dependencytrack.repometaanalyzer.repositories;
+
+import com.github.packageurl.PackageURL;
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+import org.dependencytrack.persistence.model.Component;
+import org.dependencytrack.persistence.model.RepositoryType;
+import org.dependencytrack.repometaanalyzer.model.MetaAnalyzerException;
+import org.dependencytrack.repometaanalyzer.model.MetaModel;
+import org.dependencytrack.commonutil.DateUtil;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * An IMetaAnalyzer implementation that supports Cargo via crates.io compatible repos
+ *
+ * @author Steve Springett
+ * @since 4.1.0
+ */
+
+public class CargoMetaAnalyzer extends AbstractMetaAnalyzer {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CargoMetaAnalyzer.class);
+    private static final String DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://crates.io";
+    private static final String API_URL = "/api/v1/crates/%s";
+
+    CargoMetaAnalyzer() {
+        this.baseUrl = DEFAULT_BASE_URL;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public RepositoryType supportedRepositoryType() {
+        return RepositoryType.CARGO;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public boolean isApplicable(final Component component) {
+        return component.getPurl() != null && PackageURL.StandardTypes.CARGO.equals(component.getPurl().getType());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public MetaModel analyze(final Component component) {
+        final MetaModel meta = new MetaModel(component);
+        if (component.getPurl() != null) {
+            final String url = String.format(baseUrl + API_URL, component.getPurl().getName());
+            try (final CloseableHttpResponse response = processHttpRequest(url)) {
+                if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
+                    final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
+                    if (entity != null) {
+                        String responseString = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
+                        var jsonObject = new JSONObject(responseString);
+                        final JSONObject crate = jsonObject.optJSONObject("crate");
+                        if (crate != null) {
+                            final String latest = crate.getString("newest_version");
+                            meta.setLatestVersion(latest);
+                        }
+                        final JSONArray versions = jsonObject.optJSONArray("versions");
+                        if (versions != null) {
+                            for (int i = 0; i < versions.length(); i++) {
+                                final JSONObject version = versions.getJSONObject(i);
+                                final String versionString = version.optString("num");
+                                if (meta.getLatestVersion() != null && meta.getLatestVersion().equals(versionString)) {
+                                    final String publishedTimestamp = version.optString("created_at");
+                                    try {
+                                        meta.setPublishedTimestamp(DateUtil.fromISO8601(publishedTimestamp));
+                                    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                                        LOGGER.warn("An error occurred while parsing published time", e);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    handleUnexpectedHttpResponse(LOGGER, url, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase(), component);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                handleRequestException(LOGGER, ex);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new MetaAnalyzerException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+        return meta;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactory.java b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactory.java
index 0a4508da1..b9b428cfa 100644
--- a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactory.java
+++ b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactory.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class RepositoryAnalyzerFactory {
             PackageURL.StandardTypes.NPM, NpmMetaAnalyzer::new,
             PackageURL.StandardTypes.NUGET, NugetMetaAnalyzer::new,
             PackageURL.StandardTypes.PYPI, PypiMetaAnalyzer::new,
+            PackageURL.StandardTypes.CARGO, CargoMetaAnalyzer::new,
             "cpan", CpanMetaAnalyzer::new
     );
 
diff --git a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzerTest.java b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c22f582be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/CargoMetaAnalyzerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Dependency-Track.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package org.dependencytrack.repometaanalyzer.repositories;
+
+import com.github.packageurl.PackageURL;
+import org.dependencytrack.persistence.model.Component;
+import org.dependencytrack.persistence.model.RepositoryType;
+import org.dependencytrack.repometaanalyzer.model.MetaModel;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CargoMetaAnalyzerTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testAnalyzer() throws Exception {
+        Component component = new Component();
+        component.setPurl(new PackageURL("pkg:cargo/rand@0.7.2"));
+
+        CargoMetaAnalyzer analyzer = new CargoMetaAnalyzer();
+        Assert.assertTrue(analyzer.isApplicable(component));
+        Assert.assertEquals(RepositoryType.CARGO, analyzer.supportedRepositoryType());
+        MetaModel metaModel = analyzer.analyze(component);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(metaModel.getLatestVersion());
+        Assert.assertNotNull(metaModel.getPublishedTimestamp());
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactoryTest.java b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactoryTest.java
index 9e8e68220..61fb5a2f4 100644
--- a/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/repository-meta-analyzer/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/repometaanalyzer/repositories/RepositoryAnalyzerFactoryTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class RepositoryAnalyzerFactoryTest {
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource(value = {
             "pkg:foo/bar, false",
-            "pkg:cargo/foo, false",
+            "pkg:cargo/foo, true",
             "pkg:cocoapods/foo, false",
             "pkg:composer/foo, true",
             "pkg:deb/foo, false",
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ void testCreateAnalyzerWithUnsupportedPurl() throws MalformedPackageURLException
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(strings = {
+            "pkg:cargo/foo",
             "pkg:composer/foo/bar",
             "pkg:gem/foo/bar",
             "pkg:golang/foo/bar",