diff --git a/lib/binding_rust/lib.rs b/lib/binding_rust/lib.rs
index a0b757d5..17c91289 100644
--- a/lib/binding_rust/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/binding_rust/lib.rs
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ impl Query {
     }
 }
 
-impl QueryCursor {
+impl<'a> QueryCursor {
     /// Create a new cursor for executing a given query.
     ///
     /// The cursor stores the state that is needed to iteratively search for matches.
@@ -1606,12 +1606,12 @@ impl QueryCursor {
     /// Each match contains the index of the pattern that matched, and a list of captures.
     /// Because multiple patterns can match the same set of nodes, one match may contain
     /// captures that appear *before* some of the captures from a previous match.
-    pub fn matches<'a, T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    pub fn matches<'tree: 'a, T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
         &'a mut self,
         query: &'a Query,
-        node: Node<'a>,
-        mut text_callback: impl FnMut(Node<'a>) -> T + 'a,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = QueryMatch<'a>> + 'a {
+        node: Node<'tree>,
+        mut text_callback: impl FnMut(Node<'tree>) -> T + 'a,
+    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = QueryMatch<'tree>> + 'a {
         let ptr = self.0.as_ptr();
         unsafe { ffi::ts_query_cursor_exec(ptr, query.ptr.as_ptr(), node.0) };
         std::iter::from_fn(move || loop {
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ impl QueryCursor {
     ///
     /// This is useful if don't care about which pattern matched, and just want a single,
     /// ordered sequence of captures.
-    pub fn captures<'a, T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    pub fn captures<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
         &'a mut self,
         query: &'a Query,
         node: Node<'a>,