diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a65b2a88879dc..4831d03dd30a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_ignored 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "shell-escape 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "tar 0.4.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tar 0.4.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempfile 3.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "termcolor 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "flate2 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rayon 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "tar 0.4.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tar 0.4.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "walkdir 2.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "xz2 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2939,7 +2939,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.19"
+version = "0.4.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "filetime 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3506,7 +3506,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "816b7af21405b011a23554ea2dc3f6576dc86ca557047c34098c1d741f10f823"
 "checksum synom 0.11.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a393066ed9010ebaed60b9eafa373d4b1baac186dd7e008555b0f702b51945b6"
 "checksum synstructure 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "85bb9b7550d063ea184027c9b8c20ac167cd36d3e06b3a40bceb9d746dc1a7b7"
-"checksum tar 0.4.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "69e16840a1e0a1f1a880b739ef1cc6a4b85496c99b8aa786ccffce6e0c15624c"
+"checksum tar 0.4.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a303ba60a099fcd2aaa646b14d2724591a96a75283e4b7ed3d1a1658909d9ae2"
 "checksum tempfile 3.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4b103c6d08d323b92ff42c8ce62abcd83ca8efa7fd5bf7927efefec75f58c76"
 "checksum tendril 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9de21546595a0873061940d994bbbc5c35f024ae4fd61ec5c5b159115684f508"
 "checksum term 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5e6b677dd1e8214ea1ef4297f85dbcbed8e8cdddb561040cc998ca2551c37561"
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index aae25ab9988e9..83c44774da283 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ Stabilized APIs
 - [`i64::from_be_bytes`]
 - [`i64::from_le_bytes`]
 - [`i64::from_ne_bytes`]
+- [`i128::to_be_bytes`]
+- [`i128::to_le_bytes`]
+- [`i128::to_ne_bytes`]
+- [`i128::from_be_bytes`]
+- [`i128::from_le_bytes`]
+- [`i128::from_ne_bytes`]
 - [`isize::to_be_bytes`]
 - [`isize::to_le_bytes`]
 - [`isize::to_ne_bytes`]
@@ -151,6 +157,12 @@ Stabilized APIs
 - [`u64::from_be_bytes`]
 - [`u64::from_le_bytes`]
 - [`u64::from_ne_bytes`]
+- [`u128::to_be_bytes`]
+- [`u128::to_le_bytes`]
+- [`u128::to_ne_bytes`]
+- [`u128::from_be_bytes`]
+- [`u128::from_le_bytes`]
+- [`u128::from_ne_bytes`]
 - [`usize::to_be_bytes`]
 - [`usize::to_le_bytes`]
 - [`usize::to_ne_bytes`]
@@ -208,6 +220,12 @@ Compatibility Notes
 [`UnsafeCell::get`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/cell/struct.UnsafeCell.html#method.get
 [`slice::as_ptr`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.slice.html#method.as_ptr
 [`char::is_ascii`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.char.html#method.is_ascii
+[`i128::from_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.from_be_bytes
+[`i128::from_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.from_le_bytes
+[`i128::from_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.from_ne_bytes
+[`i128::to_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.to_be_bytes
+[`i128::to_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.to_le_bytes
+[`i128::to_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i128.html#method.to_ne_bytes
 [`i16::from_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i16.html#method.from_be_bytes
 [`i16::from_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i16.html#method.from_le_bytes
 [`i16::from_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.i16.html#method.from_ne_bytes
@@ -240,6 +258,12 @@ Compatibility Notes
 [`isize::to_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.isize.html#method.to_ne_bytes
 [`iter::empty`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/fn.empty.html
 [`str::as_ptr`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.as_ptr
+[`u128::from_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.from_be_bytes
+[`u128::from_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.from_le_bytes
+[`u128::from_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.from_ne_bytes
+[`u128::to_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.to_be_bytes
+[`u128::to_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.to_le_bytes
+[`u128::to_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u128.html#method.to_ne_bytes
 [`u16::from_be_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u16.html#method.from_be_bytes
 [`u16::from_le_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u16.html#method.from_le_bytes
 [`u16::from_ne_bytes`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u16.html#method.from_ne_bytes
diff --git a/src/ci/run.sh b/src/ci/run.sh
index 2de80456cd3ea..31fd0a2599eb9 100755
--- a/src/ci/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/run.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 #
 # FIXME: need a scheme for changing this `nightly` value to `beta` and `stable`
 #        either automatically or manually.
-export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL=beta
+export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL=stable
 if [ "$DEPLOY$DEPLOY_ALT" != "" ]; then
   RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --release-channel=$RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL"
   RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-llvm-static-stdcpp"