diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml
index ec55fe78..bdc3ddfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_pre-commit.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "1.82.0"
+  RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "nightly-2025-01-15"
   HADOLINT_VERSION: "v2.12.0"
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a36fdcb7..c5bd8ad1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/doublify/pre-commit-rust
     rev: eeee35a89e69d5772bdee97db1a6a898467b686e # 1.0
     hooks:
-      - id: fmt
-        # Pinning to a specific rustc version, so that we get consistent formatting
-        entry: RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=nightly-2025-01-15 cargo fmt
-        args: ["--all", "--", "--check"]
       - id: clippy
         args: ["--all-targets", "--", "-D", "warnings"]
 
@@ -78,3 +74,10 @@ repos:
         entry: cargo test
         stages: [pre-commit, pre-merge-commit, manual]
         pass_filenames: false
+
+      - id: cargo-rustfmt
+        name: cargo-rustfmt
+        language: system
+        entry: cargo +nightly-2025-01-15 fmt --all -- --check
+        stages: [pre-commit]
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/discovery.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/discovery.rs
index c87d6552..2e00fb0b 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/discovery.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/discovery.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use crate::controller::{build_recommended_labels, APP_PORT};
-
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
 use stackable_opa_crd::{OpaCluster, OpaRole};
 use stackable_operator::{
@@ -10,6 +8,8 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     utils::cluster_info::KubernetesClusterInfo,
 };
 
+use crate::controller::{build_recommended_labels, APP_PORT};
+
 #[derive(Snafu, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[snafu(display("object {} is missing metadata to build owner reference", opa))]
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/product_logging.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/product_logging.rs
index a199a676..e79dc566 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/product_logging.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/product_logging.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
 use stackable_opa_crd::{Container, OpaCluster};
-use stackable_operator::product_logging::spec::LogLevel;
 use stackable_operator::{
     builder::configmap::ConfigMapBuilder,
     client::Client,
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     kube::ResourceExt,
     product_logging::{
         self,
-        spec::{ContainerLogConfig, ContainerLogConfigChoice, Logging},
+        spec::{ContainerLogConfig, ContainerLogConfigChoice, LogLevel, Logging},
     },
     role_utils::RoleGroupRef,
 };