diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d483069e2..91583ae54 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["python", "cffi", "packaging", "pypi", "pyo3"]
 categories = ["api-bindings", "development-tools::ffi", "command-line-utilities"]
 edition = "2018"
+rust-version = "1.59"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "maturin"
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 2ffc77273..1e7158088 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * Allow user to override default Emscripten settings in [#1059](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1059)
 * Enable `--crate-type cdylib` on Rust 1.64.0 in [#1060](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1060)
+* Update MSRV to 1.59.0 in [#1071](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/1071)
 
 ## [0.13.2] - 2022-08-14