diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 6bd46139..5183053a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 
   _RUST_STABLE: &rust_stable stable
   # Pinning the nightly version to a "stable" version to avoid CI breakages.
-  _RUST_NIGHTLY: &rust_nightly nightly-2025-11-11
+  _RUST_NIGHTLY: &rust_nightly nightly-2026-02-28
 
 # See: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency.
 # This will ensure that only one commit will be running tests at a time on each PR.
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
-          # branch coverage is currently optional and requires nightly
           toolchain: *rust_nightly
           components: llvm-tools-preview
 
@@ -227,11 +226,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install cargo-llvm-cov
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-llvm-cov
 
+      # TODO: consider enabling branch coverage once it's supported in stable
+      # https://github.com/taiki-e/cargo-llvm-cov/issues/8
       - name: Generate code coverage
-        run: cargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace --branch --no-report -- --include-ignored
+        run: cargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace --no-report -- --include-ignored
 
       - name: Generate code coverage - doctests
-        run: cargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace --branch --doc --no-report
+        run: cargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace --doc --no-report
 
       - name: Merge code coverage reports
         run: cargo llvm-cov report --codecov --output-path codecov.json
diff --git a/cot/src/lib.rs b/cot/src/lib.rs
index cc11ba1a..22ea64d5 100644
--- a/cot/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cot/src/lib.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ pub(crate) mod utils;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
 pub use aide;
+pub use bytes;
 /// A wrapper around a handler that's used in [`Bootstrapper`].
 ///
 /// It is returned by [`Bootstrapper::finish`]. Typically, you don't need to
@@ -181,9 +182,9 @@ pub use cot_macros::e2e_test;
 /// ```
 pub use cot_macros::main;
 pub use cot_macros::test;
+pub use http;
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
 pub use schemars;
-pub use {bytes, http};
 
 pub use crate::__private::askama::{Template, filter_fn};
 pub use crate::project::{