diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fa0d32872..d41947157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -150,19 +150,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: Install rust toolchain
-        id: toolchain
+      # nightly features are used for formatting
+      - name: Install rust nightly toolchain
+        id: nightly-toolchain
         run: |
-          rustup toolchain install stable --profile minimal
-          rustup override set stable
-
+          rustup toolchain install nightly --profile minimal
 
       - uses: camshaft/rust-cache@v1
 
       - name: Run cargo doc
-        run: cargo doc --all-features --no-deps --workspace --exclude s2n-quic-qns
+        run: cargo +nightly doc --all-features --no-deps --workspace --exclude s2n-quic-qns
         env:
-          RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg s2n_docs
+          RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg s2n_docsrs
 
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.2
         if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name
diff --git a/quic/s2n-quic/Cargo.toml b/quic/s2n-quic/Cargo.toml
index e0e738d7f..dc37bbc46 100644
--- a/quic/s2n-quic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quic/s2n-quic/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,3 +91,11 @@ s2n-quic-transport = { path = "../s2n-quic-transport", features = ["unstable_res
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1" }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+
+# Compile with the `s2n_docsrs` feature to enable feature tagging in rust docs.
+#
+# Docs.rs generates crates.io documentation using the nightly release of the Rust
+# compiler. See documentation for additional configuration options:
+# https://docs.rs/about/metadata
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "s2n_docsrs"]