diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 861843b89f..69d535d6d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2566,6 +2566,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom8"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae01545c9c7fc4486ab7debaf2aad7003ac19431791868fb2e8066df97fad2f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
 version = "4.0.17"
@@ -2789,7 +2798,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "terminal_size 0.2.1",
  "thiserror",
  "titlecase",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.7.1",
  "trash",
  "umask",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -4593,6 +4602,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0efd8caf556a6cebd3b285caf480045fcc1ac04f6bd786b09a6f11af30c4fcf4"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -5259,6 +5277,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "772c1426ab886e7362aedf4abc9c0d1348a979517efedfc25862944d10137af0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ab8ed2edee10b50132aed5f331333428b011c99402b5a534154ed15746f9622"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90a238ee2e6ede22fb95350acc78e21dc40da00bb66c0334bde83de4ed89424e"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "nom8",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -5885,7 +5937,7 @@ version = "0.1.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
 dependencies = [
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.5.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 5763bfac29..1ab0c9b1a8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ sysinfo = "0.27.7"
 terminal_size = "0.2.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 titlecase = "2.0.0"
-toml = "0.5.8"
+toml = "0.7.1"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.8.0"
 url = "2.2.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/toml.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/toml.rs
index 6214169737..4115be2d27 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/toml.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/toml.rs
@@ -125,4 +125,40 @@ mod tests {
 
         test_examples(FromToml {})
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn string_to_toml_value_passes() {
+        let input_string = String::from(
+            r#"
+            command.build = "go build"
+        
+            [command.deploy]
+            script = "./deploy.sh"
+            "#,
+        );
+
+        let span = Span::test_data();
+
+        let result = convert_string_to_value(input_string, span);
+
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn string_to_toml_value_fails() {
+        let input_string = String::from(
+            r#"
+            command.build = 
+        
+            [command.deploy]
+            script = "./deploy.sh"
+            "#,
+        );
+
+        let span = Span::test_data();
+
+        let result = convert_string_to_value(input_string, span);
+
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
 }