diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e11e7b1c42..bd6c2d2c4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include = ["src/", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 # To build locally:
 # RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs -Zunstable-options --generate-link-to-definition" cargo +nightly doc --all --all-features --no-deps --open
 all-features = true
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [package.metadata.playground]
 features = ["small_rng", "serde"]
diff --git a/distr_test/Cargo.toml b/distr_test/Cargo.toml
index 4f85d5b9f7..801b0c2e81 100644
--- a/distr_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/distr_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_distr = { path = "../rand_distr", version = "=0.5.0-beta.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+rand_distr = { path = "../rand_distr", version = "=0.5.0-beta.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 rand = { path = "..", version = "=0.9.0-beta.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
 # Special functions for testing distributions
diff --git a/rand_core/Cargo.toml b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
index 5cf21b32a1..40fa31be02 100644
--- a/rand_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rust-version = "1.63"
 # To build locally:
 # RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --all-features --no-deps --open
 all-features = true
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [package.metadata.playground]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md
index b0e1540d1f..6748234a58 100644
--- a/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rand_distr/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.5.0-beta.1] - 2024-11-27
+- Fix docs.rs build (#1539)
+
 ## [0.5.0-beta.0] - 2024-11-25
 This is a pre-release. To depend on this version, use `rand = "=0.9.0-beta.0"` to prevent automatic updates (which can be expected to include breaking changes).
 
diff --git a/rand_distr/Cargo.toml b/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
index e20bcb319c..f3433e3659 100644
--- a/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand_distr"
-version = "0.5.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.5.0-beta.1"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ rust-version = "1.63"
 include = ["/src", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg docsrs", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
+features = ["serde"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]