diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 974ef0a..23a52c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Rust
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
       with:
-        toolchain: 1.60.0
+        toolchain: 1.61.0
     - name: Basic build
       run: cargo build --verbose
     - name: Build docs
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d93a9c..aba228d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ keywords = ["memchr", "char", "scan", "strchr", "string"]
 license = "Unlicense OR MIT"
 exclude = ["/bench", "/benchmarks", "/.github", "/fuzz", "/scripts", "/tmp"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 
 [lib]
 name = "memchr"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54dabd5..fe44625 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ When a SIMD version is not available, then this crate falls back to
 
 ### Minimum Rust version policy
 
-This crate's minimum supported `rustc` version is `1.60.0`.
+This crate's minimum supported `rustc` version is `1.61.0`.
 
 The current policy is that the minimum Rust version required to use this crate
 can be increased in minor version updates. For example, if `crate 1.0` requires