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 ## Supported Rust Versions (MSRV)
 
-The AWS Lambda Rust Runtime requires a minimum of Rust 1.70, and is not guaranteed to build on compiler versions earlier than that.
+The AWS Lambda Rust Runtime requires a minimum of Rust 1.71.1, and is not guaranteed to build on compiler versions earlier than that.
 
 ## Security