diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf5e9bd70..546144d21 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ matrix:
 
     # Minimum Rust
     - env: SUITE=checkfast
-      rust: "1.31.0"
+      rust: "1.34.0"
     - env: SUITE=testfast
-      rust: "1.31.0"
+      rust: "1.34.0"
 
     # Build Docs
     - env: SUITE=travis-push-docs
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e395680e1..8a1f4bd9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ We currently only verify this crate against a recent version of Sentry hosted on
 [sentry.io](https://sentry.io/) but it should work with on-prem Sentry versions
 8.20 and later.
 
-Additionally, the lowest Rust version we target is _1.31.0_.
+Additionally, the lowest Rust version we target is _1.34.0_.
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/integrations/sentry-actix/README.md b/integrations/sentry-actix/README.md
index e5b56ee39..6f754fc0f 100644
--- a/integrations/sentry-actix/README.md
+++ b/integrations/sentry-actix/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ We currently only verify this crate against a recent version of Sentry hosted on
 [sentry.io](https://sentry.io/) but it should work with on-prem Sentry versions
 8.20 and later.
 
-Additionally, the lowest Rust version we target is _1.31.0_.
+Additionally, the lowest Rust version we target is _1.34.0_.
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/src/transport.rs b/src/transport.rs
index 6481e210e..ce7926f86 100644
--- a/src/transport.rs
+++ b/src/transport.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "with_curl_transport")]
+use std::io::Cursor;
+
 #[cfg(any(feature = "with_reqwest_transport", feature = "with_curl_transport"))]
 use httpdate::parse_http_date;
 
@@ -377,7 +380,7 @@ implement_http_transport! {
                     _ => {}
                 }
 
-                let body = serde_json::to_vec(&event).unwrap();
+                let mut body = Cursor::new(serde_json::to_vec(&event).unwrap());
                 let mut retry_after = None;
                 let mut headers = curl::easy::List::new();
                 headers.append(&format!("X-Sentry-Auth: {}", dsn.to_auth(Some(&user_agent)))).unwrap();
@@ -385,8 +388,8 @@ implement_http_transport! {
                 headers.append("Content-Type: application/json").unwrap();
                 handle.http_headers(headers).unwrap();
                 handle.upload(true).unwrap();
-                handle.in_filesize(body.len() as u64).unwrap();
-                handle.read_function(move |buf| Ok((&body[..]).read(buf).unwrap_or(0))).unwrap();
+                handle.in_filesize(body.get_ref().len() as u64).unwrap();
+                handle.read_function(move |buf| Ok(body.read(buf).unwrap_or(0))).unwrap();
                 handle.verbose(true).unwrap();
                 handle.debug_function(move |info, data| {
                     let prefix = match info {