diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aaa86c36..b724d8dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arbitrary",
diff --git a/rust/candid/Cargo.toml b/rust/candid/Cargo.toml
index 170a253b..42150428 100644
--- a/rust/candid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/candid/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["DFINITY Team"]
 description = "Candid is an interface description language (IDL) for interacting with canisters running on the Internet Computer."
diff --git a/rust/candid/src/bindings/rust.rs b/rust/candid/src/bindings/rust.rs
index 4069ec12..2e347bc4 100644
--- a/rust/candid/src/bindings/rust.rs
+++ b/rust/candid/src/bindings/rust.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn ident_(id: &str, case: Option<Case>) -> (RcDoc, bool) {
         || id.starts_with(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_alphabetic() && c != '_')
         || id.chars().any(|c| !c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() && c != '_')
     {
-        return (RcDoc::text(format!("_{}_", crate::idl_hash(&id))), true);
+        return (RcDoc::text(format!("_{}_", crate::idl_hash(id))), true);
     }
     let (is_rename, id) = if let Some(case) = case {
         let new_id = id.to_case(case);