diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_examples.yml b/.github/workflows/test_examples.yml
index 6393c73bd..df30b006a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_examples.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        toolchain: [stable]
+        toolchain: [1.81]
+        # toolchain: [stable]
         example: [
           adder,
           callback-results,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
         with:
           working-directory: ./examples/${{ matrix.example }}
-      - name: Build status-message
+      - name: Build `status-message`, that `factory-contract` depends on
         if: matrix.example == 'factory-contract'
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: '-C link-arg=-s'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_examples_small.yml b/.github/workflows/test_examples_small.yml
index 3a5ac95c8..f04392245 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_examples_small.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_examples_small.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        toolchain: [stable]
+        toolchain: [1.81]
+        # toolchain: [stable]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "${{ matrix.toolchain }} with rustfmt, clippy, and wasm32"
diff --git a/near-sdk/Cargo.toml b/near-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 05c178b52..79178b012 100644
--- a/near-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/near-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
 near-rng = "0.1.1"
 near-abi = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["__chunked-entries"] }
 symbolic-debuginfo = "12"
-near-workspaces = { version = "0.14", features = ["unstable"] }
+near-workspaces = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["unstable"] }
 anyhow = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 strum = "0.25.0"
diff --git a/near-sdk/src/environment/env.rs b/near-sdk/src/environment/env.rs
index 873dd5454..e439318d4 100644
--- a/near-sdk/src/environment/env.rs
+++ b/near-sdk/src/environment/env.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ pub fn set_blockchain_interface(blockchain_interface: MockedBlockchain) {
 
 /// Implements panic hook that converts `PanicInfo` into a string and provides it through the
 /// blockchain interface.
+// TODO: replace with std::panic::PanicHookInfo when MSRV becomes >= 1.81.0
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 fn panic_hook_impl(info: &std_panic::PanicInfo) {
     panic_str(info.to_string().as_str());
 }
diff --git a/near-sdk/tests/store_performance_tests.rs b/near-sdk/tests/store_performance_tests.rs
index 1205e529e..cb2a7e573 100644
--- a/near-sdk/tests/store_performance_tests.rs
+++ b/near-sdk/tests/store_performance_tests.rs
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ async fn iter() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::ifs_same_cond)]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn random_access() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // LookupMap and LookupSet are not iterable.
@@ -246,8 +247,14 @@ async fn random_access() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             .unwrap();
     }
 
-    // Rust 1.81 improved performance of unordered collections.
-    let unordered_map = if rustversion::cfg!(since(1.81)) { 42 } else { 36 };
+    let unordered_map = if rustversion::cfg!(since(1.82)) {
+        40
+    // Rust 1.81 improved performance of unordered collections, 1.82 regressed it
+    } else if rustversion::cfg!(since(1.81)) {
+        42
+    } else {
+        36
+    };
 
     // iter, repeat here is the number that reflects how many times we retrieve a random element.
     // It's used to measure relative performance.