diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_on_pr_label.yml b/.github/workflows/build_on_pr_label.yml
index b8b925055..ee02e3d61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_on_pr_label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_on_pr_label.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ jobs:
             packages/backend-server
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-rust-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
 
+      - name: Cache cargo-about binary
+        id: cache-cargo-about
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-about
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-cargo-about-0.8.2
+
+      - name: Install cargo-about
+        if: steps.cache-cargo-about.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo install cargo-about --version 0.8.2
+
       - name: Cache Turbo
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 997e35e15..b43a9bb8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
           override: true
 
-      - name: Install cargo-about
-        run: cargo install cargo-about
-
       - name: Cache node_modules
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -114,9 +111,19 @@ jobs:
           workspaces: |
             packages/backend
             packages/backend-server
-            ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-about
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-rust-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
 
+      - name: Cache cargo-about binary
+        id: cache-cargo-about
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-about
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-cargo-about-0.8.2
+
+      - name: Install cargo-about
+        if: steps.cache-cargo-about.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo install cargo-about --version 0.8.2
+
       - name: Cache Turbo
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 646cb0cc6..274b569fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
           override: true
 
-      - name: Install cargo-about
-        run: cargo install cargo-about
-
       - name: Cache node_modules
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -104,9 +101,19 @@ jobs:
           workspaces: |
             packages/backend
             packages/backend-server
-            ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-about
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-rust-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
 
+      - name: Cache cargo-about binary
+        id: cache-cargo-about
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-about
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-cargo-about-0.8.2
+
+      - name: Install cargo-about
+        if: steps.cache-cargo-about.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo install cargo-about --version 0.8.2
+
       - name: Cache Turbo
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
diff --git a/app/plugins/rust-license.ts b/app/plugins/rust-license.ts
index e5fb317f9..026875807 100644
--- a/app/plugins/rust-license.ts
+++ b/app/plugins/rust-license.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync } from 'fs'
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync } from 'fs'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
 
 const NOTICE_FILE_VARIATIONS = [
@@ -51,23 +51,6 @@ const findNoticeInCargoRegistry = (packageName: string, version: string): string
   return null
 }
 
-interface UsedBy {
-  name: string
-  version: string
-  license: string
-  repository?: string
-  description?: string
-  authors: string[]
-}
-
-interface License {
-  id: string
-  name: string
-  text: string
-  source_path?: string
-  used_by: UsedBy[]
-}
-
 const generateCargoLicenseFile = (cargoTomlPath: string, outputPath: string) => {
   const absoluteCargoPath = join(process.cwd(), '..', cargoTomlPath)
   console.log(
@@ -90,7 +73,16 @@ const generateCargoLicenseFile = (cargoTomlPath: string, outputPath: string) =>
 
   const result = spawnSync(
     'cargo',
-    ['about', 'generate', '--all-features', '--config', 'about.toml', 'about.hbs'],
+    [
+      'about',
+      'generate',
+      '--all-features',
+      '--config',
+      'about.toml',
+      '--output-file',
+      outputPath,
+      'about.hbs'
+    ],
     {
       cwd: absoluteCargoPath,
       encoding: 'utf8',
@@ -113,51 +105,36 @@ const generateCargoLicenseFile = (cargoTomlPath: string, outputPath: string) =>
 
   console.log(`Cargo about generated license info successfully`)
 
-  const licenses: License[] = JSON.parse(result.stdout)
-  let output = ''
-
-  for (const license of licenses) {
-    for (const pkg of license.used_by) {
-      output += `Name: ${pkg.name}\n`
-      output += `Version: ${pkg.version}\n`
-      output += `License: ${pkg.license || 'Unknown'}\n`
+  if (!existsSync(outputPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`cargo-about did not create output file at ${outputPath}`)
+  }
 
-      if (pkg.description) {
-        output += `Description: ${pkg.description}\n`
-      }
+  let content = readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8')
 
-      if (pkg.repository) {
-        output += `Repository: ${pkg.repository}\n`
-      }
+  const packageRegex = /Name: (.+?)\nVersion: (.+?)\nLicense: (.+?)\n/g
+  const insertions: { index: number; content: string }[] = []
 
-      if (pkg.authors && pkg.authors.length > 0) {
-        output += `Authors: ${pkg.authors.join(', ')}\n`
-      }
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+  while ((match = packageRegex.exec(content)) !== null) {
+    const [fullMatch, name, version, license] = match
 
-      // we need this for NOTICE files for Apache
-      if (isApacheLicense(pkg.license)) {
-        const noticeContent = findNoticeInCargoRegistry(pkg.name, pkg.version)
-        if (noticeContent) {
-          output += '\nNOTICE:\n```\n'
-          output += noticeContent
-          output += '\n```\n'
-        } else {
-          output += '\nNOTICE: Not found in package (Apache license may require NOTICE file)\n'
-        }
-      }
+    if (isApacheLicense(license)) {
+      const noticeContent = findNoticeInCargoRegistry(name, version)
+      const insertIndex = match.index + fullMatch.length
 
-      if (license.text) {
-        output += `\nLicense Text (${license.name}):\n`
-        output += '```\n'
-        output += license.text
-        output += '\n```\n'
+      if (noticeContent) {
+        const noticeBlock = `\nNOTICE:\n\`\`\`\n${noticeContent}\n\`\`\`\n`
+        insertions.push({ index: insertIndex, content: noticeBlock })
       }
-
-      output += '\n---\n\n'
     }
   }
 
-  writeFileSync(outputPath, output)
+  insertions.reverse()
+  for (const { index, content: insertContent } of insertions) {
+    content = content.slice(0, index) + insertContent + content.slice(index)
+  }
+
+  writeFileSync(outputPath, content)
   console.log(`License file written to ${outputPath}`)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-server/about.hbs b/packages/backend-server/about.hbs
index e719cd485..e948b08d3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-server/about.hbs
+++ b/packages/backend-server/about.hbs
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-[
 {{#each licenses}}
-{
-  "id": "{{id}}",
-  "name": "{{name}}",
-  "text": {{{json text}}},
-  "source_path": {{#if source_path}}"{{source_path}}"{{else}}null{{/if}},
-  "used_by": [
-    {{#each used_by}}
-    {
-      "name": "{{crate.name}}",
-      "version": "{{crate.version}}",
-      "license": "{{crate.license}}",
-      "repository": {{#if crate.repository}}"{{crate.repository}}"{{else}}null{{/if}},
-      "description": {{#if crate.description}}{{{json crate.description}}}{{else}}null{{/if}},
-      "authors": [{{#each crate.authors}}"{{this}}"{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}{{/each}}]
-    }{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
-    {{/each}}
-  ]
-}{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
+{{#each used_by}}
+Name: {{{crate.name}}}
+Version: {{{crate.version}}}
+License: {{#if crate.license}}{{{crate.license}}}{{else}}Unknown{{/if}}
+{{#if crate.description}}Description: {{{crate.description}}}
+{{/if}}{{#if crate.repository}}Repository: {{{crate.repository}}}
+{{/if}}{{#if crate.authors}}Authors: {{#each crate.authors}}{{{this}}}{{#unless @last}}, {{/unless}}{{/each}}
+{{/if}}
+
+License Text ({{{../name}}}):
+```
+{{{../text}}}
+```
+
+---
+
+{{/each}}
 {{/each}}
-]
diff --git a/packages/backend/about.hbs b/packages/backend/about.hbs
index e719cd485..e948b08d3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/about.hbs
+++ b/packages/backend/about.hbs
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-[
 {{#each licenses}}
-{
-  "id": "{{id}}",
-  "name": "{{name}}",
-  "text": {{{json text}}},
-  "source_path": {{#if source_path}}"{{source_path}}"{{else}}null{{/if}},
-  "used_by": [
-    {{#each used_by}}
-    {
-      "name": "{{crate.name}}",
-      "version": "{{crate.version}}",
-      "license": "{{crate.license}}",
-      "repository": {{#if crate.repository}}"{{crate.repository}}"{{else}}null{{/if}},
-      "description": {{#if crate.description}}{{{json crate.description}}}{{else}}null{{/if}},
-      "authors": [{{#each crate.authors}}"{{this}}"{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}{{/each}}]
-    }{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
-    {{/each}}
-  ]
-}{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
+{{#each used_by}}
+Name: {{{crate.name}}}
+Version: {{{crate.version}}}
+License: {{#if crate.license}}{{{crate.license}}}{{else}}Unknown{{/if}}
+{{#if crate.description}}Description: {{{crate.description}}}
+{{/if}}{{#if crate.repository}}Repository: {{{crate.repository}}}
+{{/if}}{{#if crate.authors}}Authors: {{#each crate.authors}}{{{this}}}{{#unless @last}}, {{/unless}}{{/each}}
+{{/if}}
+
+License Text ({{{../name}}}):
+```
+{{{../text}}}
+```
+
+---
+
+{{/each}}
 {{/each}}
-]