diff --git a/docs/manifest-releaser.md b/docs/manifest-releaser.md
index 630395848..065a63359 100644
--- a/docs/manifest-releaser.md
+++ b/docs/manifest-releaser.md
@@ -567,6 +567,20 @@ does _not_ update the dependencies, and the `cargo-workspace` plug-in must be
 used to update dependencies and bump all dependents — this is the recommended
 way of managing a Rust monorepo with release-please.
 
+If your Cargo workspace `Cargo.toml` is not at the repository root (e.g. it is
+in a `crates/` subdirectory), you can specify the `cargoWorkspacePath` option:
+
+```json
+{
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "type": "cargo-workspace",
+      "cargoWorkspacePath": "crates"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
 ### maven-workspace
 
 The `maven-workspace` plugin operates similarly to the `node-workspace` plugin,
diff --git a/schemas/config.json b/schemas/config.json
index 2a751312b..274bcba60 100644
--- a/schemas/config.json
+++ b/schemas/config.json
@@ -335,13 +335,36 @@
                 "required": ["type", "groupName", "components"]
               },
               {
-                "description": "Configuration for various `workspace` plugins.",
+                "description": "Configuration for the `cargo-workspace` plugin.",
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "description": "The name of the plugin.",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "enum": ["cargo-workspace"]
+                  },
+                  "updateAllPackages": {
+                    "description": "Whether to force updating all packages regardless of the dependency tree. Defaults to `false`.",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                  },
+                  "merge": {
+                    "description": "Whether to merge in-scope pull requests into a combined release pull request. Defaults to `true`.",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                  },
+                  "cargoWorkspacePath": {
+                    "description": "Path to the directory containing the workspace Cargo.toml. Defaults to the repository root.",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "description": "Configuration for the `maven-workspace` plugin.",
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
                   "type": {
                     "description": "The name of the plugin.",
                     "type": "string",
-                    "enum": ["cargo-workspace", "maven-workspace"]
+                    "enum": ["maven-workspace"]
                   },
                   "updateAllPackages": {
                     "description": "Whether to force updating all packages regardless of the dependency tree. Defaults to `false`.",
diff --git a/src/factories/plugin-factory.ts b/src/factories/plugin-factory.ts
index 5f2756e51..58f69ddaf 100644
--- a/src/factories/plugin-factory.ts
+++ b/src/factories/plugin-factory.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import {
+  CargoWorkspacePluginConfig,
   LinkedVersionPluginConfig,
   PluginType,
   RepositoryConfig,
@@ -75,9 +76,9 @@ const pluginFactories: Record<string, PluginBuilder> = {
       options.repositoryConfig,
       {
         ...options,
-        ...(options.type as WorkspacePluginOptions),
+        ...(options.type as CargoWorkspacePluginConfig),
         merge:
-          (options.type as WorkspacePluginOptions).merge ??
+          (options.type as CargoWorkspacePluginConfig).merge ??
           !options.separatePullRequests,
       }
     ),
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index f0b46a05b..cdd1fbd18 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ export interface WorkspacePluginConfig extends ConfigurablePluginType {
 export interface NodeWorkspacePluginConfig extends WorkspacePluginConfig {
   updatePeerDependencies?: boolean;
 }
+export interface CargoWorkspacePluginConfig extends WorkspacePluginConfig {
+  cargoWorkspacePath?: string;
+}
 export interface GroupPriorityPluginConfig extends ConfigurablePluginType {
   groups: string[];
 }
@@ -256,7 +259,8 @@ export type PluginType =
   | LinkedVersionPluginConfig
   | SentenceCasePluginConfig
   | WorkspacePluginConfig
-  | NodeWorkspacePluginConfig;
+  | NodeWorkspacePluginConfig
+  | CargoWorkspacePluginConfig;
 
 /**
  * This is the schema of the manifest config json
diff --git a/src/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts b/src/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
index 0a6efe6f2..1fb74809c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import {CandidateReleasePullRequest, ROOT_PROJECT_PATH} from '../manifest';
+import {
+  CandidateReleasePullRequest,
+  RepositoryConfig,
+  ROOT_PROJECT_PATH,
+} from '../manifest';
 import {
   WorkspacePlugin,
   DependencyGraph,
   DependencyNode,
+  WorkspacePluginOptions,
   addPath,
   appendDependenciesSectionToChangelog,
 } from './workspace';
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ import {BranchName} from '../util/branch-name';
 import {PatchVersionUpdate} from '../versioning-strategy';
 import {CargoLock} from '../updaters/rust/cargo-lock';
 import {ConfigurationError} from '../errors';
+import {GitHub} from '../github';
 import {Strategy} from '../strategy';
 import {Commit} from '../commit';
 import {Release} from '../release';
@@ -74,6 +80,10 @@ interface CrateInfo {
   manifest: CargoManifest;
 }
 
+interface CargoWorkspaceOptions extends WorkspacePluginOptions {
+  cargoWorkspacePath?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * The plugin analyzed a cargo workspace and will bump dependencies
  * of managed packages if those dependencies are being updated.
@@ -84,6 +94,25 @@ interface CrateInfo {
 export class CargoWorkspace extends WorkspacePlugin<CrateInfo> {
   private strategiesByPath: Record<string, Strategy> = {};
   private releasesByPath: Record<string, Release> = {};
+  private workspacePath: string;
+
+  constructor(
+    github: GitHub,
+    targetBranch: string,
+    repositoryConfig: RepositoryConfig,
+    options: CargoWorkspaceOptions = {}
+  ) {
+    super(github, targetBranch, repositoryConfig, options);
+    // Normalize: strip leading "./" and trailing slashes
+    // so that "./crates/" becomes "crates" for consistent path joining
+    this.workspacePath = (options.cargoWorkspacePath ?? '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  private resolveWorkspacePath(file: string): string {
+    return this.workspacePath ? `${this.workspacePath}/${file}` : file;
+  }
 
   protected async buildAllPackages(
     candidates: CandidateReleasePullRequest[]
@@ -92,7 +121,7 @@ export class CargoWorkspace extends WorkspacePlugin<CrateInfo> {
     candidatesByPackage: Record<string, CandidateReleasePullRequest>;
   }> {
     const cargoManifestContent = await this.github.getFileContentsOnBranch(
-      'Cargo.toml',
+      this.resolveWorkspacePath('Cargo.toml'),
       this.targetBranch
     );
     const cargoManifest = parseCargoManifest(
@@ -111,11 +140,14 @@ export class CargoWorkspace extends WorkspacePlugin<CrateInfo> {
     const members = (
       await Promise.all(
         cargoManifest.workspace.members.map(member =>
-          this.github.findFilesByGlobAndRef(member, this.targetBranch)
+          this.github.findFilesByGlobAndRef(
+            this.resolveWorkspacePath(member),
+            this.targetBranch
+          )
         )
       )
     ).flat();
-    members.push(ROOT_PROJECT_PATH);
+    members.push(this.workspacePath || ROOT_PROJECT_PATH);
 
     for (const path of members) {
       const manifestPath = addPath(path, 'Cargo.toml');
@@ -332,7 +364,8 @@ export class CargoWorkspace extends WorkspacePlugin<CrateInfo> {
     candidates: CandidateReleasePullRequest[],
     updatedVersions: VersionsMap
   ): CandidateReleasePullRequest[] {
-    let rootCandidate = candidates.find(c => c.path === ROOT_PROJECT_PATH);
+    const rootPath = this.workspacePath || ROOT_PROJECT_PATH;
+    let rootCandidate = candidates.find(c => c.path === rootPath);
     if (!rootCandidate) {
       this.logger.warn('Unable to find root candidate pull request');
       rootCandidate = candidates.find(c => c.config.releaseType === 'rust');
@@ -344,7 +377,7 @@ export class CargoWorkspace extends WorkspacePlugin<CrateInfo> {
 
     // Update the root Cargo.lock if it exists
     rootCandidate.pullRequest.updates.push({
-      path: 'Cargo.lock',
+      path: this.resolveWorkspacePath('Cargo.lock'),
       createIfMissing: false,
       updater: new CargoLock(updatedVersions),
     });
diff --git a/test/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts b/test/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
index 65f46ad22..04528162f 100644
--- a/test/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/cargo-workspace.ts
@@ -553,6 +553,148 @@ describe('CargoWorkspace plugin', () => {
         }
       );
     });
+    it('handles non-root workspace path via cargo-workspace-path', async () => {
+      const candidates: CandidateReleasePullRequest[] = [
+        buildMockCandidatePullRequest(
+          'crates/packages/rustA',
+          'rust',
+          '1.1.2',
+          {
+            component: 'pkgA',
+            updates: [
+              buildMockPackageUpdate(
+                'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml',
+                'packages/rustA/Cargo.toml'
+              ),
+            ],
+          }
+        ),
+      ];
+      stubFilesFromFixtures({
+        sandbox,
+        github,
+        fixturePath: fixturesPath,
+        files: [],
+        flatten: false,
+        targetBranch: 'main',
+        inlineFiles: [
+          ['crates/Cargo.toml', '[workspace]\nmembers = ["packages/rustA"]'],
+          [
+            'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml',
+            '[package]\nname = "pkgA"\nversion = "1.1.1"\n\n[dependencies]\ntracing = "1.0.0"',
+          ],
+        ],
+      });
+      sandbox
+        .stub(github, 'findFilesByGlobAndRef')
+        .withArgs('crates/packages/rustA', 'main')
+        .resolves(['crates/packages/rustA']);
+      plugin = new CargoWorkspace(
+        github,
+        'main',
+        {
+          'crates/packages/rustA': {
+            releaseType: 'rust',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          cargoWorkspacePath: 'crates',
+        }
+      );
+      const newCandidates = await plugin.run(candidates);
+      expect(newCandidates).lengthOf(1);
+      const rustCandidate = newCandidates.find(
+        candidate => candidate.config.releaseType === 'rust'
+      );
+      expect(rustCandidate).to.not.be.undefined;
+      const updates = rustCandidate!.pullRequest.updates;
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml');
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/Cargo.lock');
+    });
+    it('walks dependency tree with non-root workspace path', async () => {
+      const candidates: CandidateReleasePullRequest[] = [
+        buildMockCandidatePullRequest(
+          'crates/packages/rustA',
+          'rust',
+          '1.1.2',
+          {
+            component: 'pkgA',
+            updates: [
+              buildMockPackageUpdate(
+                'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml',
+                'packages/rustA/Cargo.toml'
+              ),
+            ],
+          }
+        ),
+      ];
+      stubFilesFromFixtures({
+        sandbox,
+        github,
+        fixturePath: fixturesPath,
+        files: [],
+        flatten: false,
+        targetBranch: 'main',
+        inlineFiles: [
+          [
+            'crates/Cargo.toml',
+            '[workspace]\nmembers = ["packages/rustA", "packages/rustB", "packages/rustC"]',
+          ],
+          [
+            'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml',
+            '[package]\nname = "pkgA"\nversion = "1.1.1"\n\n[dependencies]\ntracing = "1.0.0"',
+          ],
+          [
+            'crates/packages/rustB/Cargo.toml',
+            '[package]\nname = "pkgB"\nversion = "2.2.2"\n\n[dependencies]\npkgA = { version = "1.1.1", path = "../pkgA" }',
+          ],
+          [
+            'crates/packages/rustC/Cargo.toml',
+            '[package]\nname = "pkgC"\nversion = "3.3.3"\n\n[dependencies]\npkgB = { version = "2.2.2", path = "../pkgB" }',
+          ],
+        ],
+      });
+      sandbox
+        .stub(github, 'findFilesByGlobAndRef')
+        .withArgs('crates/packages/rustA', 'main')
+        .resolves(['crates/packages/rustA'])
+        .withArgs('crates/packages/rustB', 'main')
+        .resolves(['crates/packages/rustB'])
+        .withArgs('crates/packages/rustC', 'main')
+        .resolves(['crates/packages/rustC']);
+      plugin = new CargoWorkspace(
+        github,
+        'main',
+        {
+          'crates/packages/rustA': {
+            releaseType: 'rust',
+          },
+          'crates/packages/rustB': {
+            releaseType: 'rust',
+          },
+          'crates/packages/rustC': {
+            releaseType: 'rust',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          cargoWorkspacePath: 'crates',
+        }
+      );
+      const newCandidates = await plugin.run(candidates);
+      expect(newCandidates).lengthOf(1);
+      const rustCandidate = newCandidates.find(
+        candidate => candidate.config.releaseType === 'rust'
+      );
+      expect(rustCandidate).to.not.be.undefined;
+      const updates = rustCandidate!.pullRequest.updates;
+      // pkgA is directly released
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/packages/rustA/Cargo.toml', RawContent);
+      // pkgB depends on pkgA, should be bumped
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/packages/rustB/Cargo.toml', RawContent);
+      // pkgC depends on pkgB, should be transitively bumped
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/packages/rustC/Cargo.toml', RawContent);
+      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'crates/Cargo.lock');
+    });
     it('handles packages with invalid version', async () => {
       const candidates: CandidateReleasePullRequest[] = [
         buildMockCandidatePullRequest('packages/rustA', 'rust', '1.1.2', {