diff --git a/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim b/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
index 395b915c..537bc731 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ function! ale#handlers#rust#HandleRustErrors(buffer, lines) abort
                 call add(l:output, {
                 \   'lnum': l:span.line_start,
                 \   'end_lnum': l:span.line_end,
-                \   'col': l:span.byte_start,
-                \   'end_col': l:span.byte_end,
+                \   'col': l:span.column_start,
+                \   'end_col': l:span.column_end,
                 \   'text': empty(l:span.label) ? l:error.message : printf('%s: %s', l:error.message, l:span.label),
                 \   'type': toupper(l:error.level[0]),
                 \})
diff --git a/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader b/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
index 05bd1e94..e3ab3e86 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ Execute(The Rust handler should handle rustc output):
   \     'lnum': 15,
   \     'end_lnum': 15,
   \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 418,
-  \     'end_col': 421,
+  \     'col': 5,
+  \     'end_col': 8,
   \     'text': 'expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `for`',
   \   },
   \   {
   \      'lnum': 13,
   \      'end_lnum': 13,
   \      'type': 'E',
-  \      'col': 407,
-  \      'end_col': 410,
+  \      'col': 7,
+  \      'end_col': 10,
   \      'text': 'no method named `wat` found for type `std::string::String` in the current scope',
   \   },
   \ ],
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ Execute(The Rust handler should handle cargo output):
   \     'lnum': 15,
   \     'end_lnum': 15,
   \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 11505,
-  \     'end_col': 11508,
+  \     'col': 5,
+  \     'end_col': 8,
   \     'text': 'expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `for`',
   \   },
   \   {
   \     'lnum': 13,
   \     'end_lnum': 13,
   \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 11494,
-  \     'end_col': 11497,
+  \     'col': 7,
+  \     'end_col': 10,
   \     'text': 'no method named `wat` found for type `std::string::String` in the current scope',
   \   },
   \ ],
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ Execute(The Rust handler should should errors from expansion spans):
   \     'lnum': 4,
   \     'end_lnum': 4,
   \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 52,
-  \     'end_col': 54,
+  \     'col': 21,
+  \     'end_col': 23,
   \     'text': 'mismatched types: expected bool, found integral variable',
   \   },
   \ ],
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ Execute(The Rust handler should show detailed errors):
   \     'lnum': 4,
   \     'end_lnum': 4,
   \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 52,
-  \     'end_col': 54,
+  \     'col': 21,
+  \     'end_col': 23,
   \     'text': 'mismatched types: expected bool, found integral variable',
   \   },
   \ ],