diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 20392efa5102..86fef7ea8b08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ jobs:
           export ARROW_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/testing/data
           export PARQUET_TEST_DATA=$(pwd)/parquet-testing/data
 
+          rustup toolchain install stable
+          rustup default stable
           cargo install --version 0.18.2 cargo-tarpaulin
           cargo tarpaulin --all --out Xml
       - name: Report coverage
diff --git a/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml b/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
index 4b50f4e5b9e9..856ea3b160f7 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 name = "arrow-flight"
 description = "Apache Arrow Flight"
 version = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
diff --git a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
index c0c20f6d2889..afb38f273524 100644
--- a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = [ "arrow" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [lib]
 name = "arrow_pyarrow_integration_testing"
diff --git a/arrow/Cargo.toml b/arrow/Cargo.toml
index 88623211dab7..c88826f06080 100644
--- a/arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ include = [
     "src/**/*.rs",
     "Cargo.toml",
 ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [lib]
 name = "arrow"
diff --git a/arrow/src/array/transform/mod.rs b/arrow/src/array/transform/mod.rs
index a598f0d7167e..2c1884861f68 100644
--- a/arrow/src/array/transform/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/array/transform/mod.rs
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ fn build_extend_dictionary(
     max: usize,
 ) -> Option<Extend> {
     use crate::datatypes::*;
-    use std::convert::TryInto;
-
     match array.data_type() {
         DataType::Dictionary(child_data_type, _) => match child_data_type.as_ref() {
             DataType::UInt8 => {
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
index 425a891564d9..127fe2103b9b 100644
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 name = "defeault-features"
 description = "Models a user application of arrow that uses default features of arrow"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml
index 6c7f0652324d..6c12a9c3227e 100644
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 name = "no-default-features"
 description = "Models a user application of arrow that specifies no-default-features=true"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml
index 22d411a537be..8898548d62d9 100644
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 name = "defeault-features"
 description = "Models a user application of arrow that uses the simd feature of arrow"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/integration-testing/Cargo.toml b/integration-testing/Cargo.toml
index 7ee23a910f96..98a4ed6d8ba4 100644
--- a/integration-testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integration-testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 publish = false
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [features]
 logging = ["tracing-subscriber"]
diff --git a/parquet/Cargo.toml b/parquet/Cargo.toml
index 289513fbed3c..664f74b0702f 100644
--- a/parquet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 keywords = [ "arrow", "parquet", "hadoop" ]
 readme = "README.md"
 build = "build.rs"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [dependencies]
 # update note: pin `parquet-format` to specific version until it does not break at minor
diff --git a/parquet_derive/Cargo.toml b/parquet_derive/Cargo.toml
index 31ccba44a263..ac8d49700f51 100644
--- a/parquet_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 keywords = [ "parquet" ]
 readme = "README.md"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true
diff --git a/parquet_derive/README.md b/parquet_derive/README.md
index d0804db2a1c6..437b1ce2d31a 100644
--- a/parquet_derive/README.md
+++ b/parquet_derive/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ supported.
 Derive also has some support for the chrono time library. You must must enable the `chrono` feature to get this support.
 
 ## Usage
+
 Add this to your Cargo.toml:
+
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
 parquet = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ parquet_derive = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
 ```
 
 and this to your crate root:
+
 ```rust
 extern crate parquet;
 #[macro_use] extern crate parquet_derive;
@@ -75,24 +78,29 @@ writer.close().unwrap();
 ```
 
 ## Features
-- [X] Support writing `String`, `&str`, `bool`, `i32`, `f32`, `f64`, `Vec<u8>`
+
+- [x] Support writing `String`, `&str`, `bool`, `i32`, `f32`, `f64`, `Vec<u8>`
 - [ ] Support writing dictionaries
-- [X] Support writing logical types like timestamp
-- [X] Derive definition_levels for `Option`
+- [x] Support writing logical types like timestamp
+- [x] Derive definition_levels for `Option`
 - [ ] Derive definition levels for nested structures
 - [ ] Derive writing tuple struct
 - [ ] Derive writing `tuple` container types
 
 ## Requirements
+
 - Same as `parquet-rs`
 
 ## Test
+
 Testing a `*_derive` crate requires an intermediate crate. Go to `parquet_derive_test` and run `cargo test` for
 unit tests.
 
 ## Docs
+
 To build documentation, run `cargo doc --no-deps`.
 To compile and view in the browser, run `cargo doc --no-deps --open`.
 
 ## License
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
diff --git a/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs b/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
index 6d751500e949..057872065095 100644
--- a/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern crate quote;
 
 extern crate parquet;
 
-use syn::{parse_macro_input, Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput};
+use ::syn::{parse_macro_input, Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput};
 
 mod parquet_field;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub fn parquet_record_writer(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::Toke
     impl #generics RecordWriter<#derived_for #generics> for &[#derived_for #generics] {
       fn write_to_row_group(
         &self,
-        row_group_writer: &mut Box<parquet::file::writer::RowGroupWriter>
+        row_group_writer: &mut Box<dyn parquet::file::writer::RowGroupWriter>
       ) -> Result<(), parquet::errors::ParquetError> {
         let mut row_group_writer = row_group_writer;
         let records = &self; // Used by all the writer snippets to be more clear
diff --git a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml b/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
index 2a98dd49657e..48d86d95536e 100644
--- a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 name = "defeault-features"
 description = "Models a user application of parquet_derive that uses no additional features of arrow"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/parquet_derive_test/Cargo.toml b/parquet_derive_test/Cargo.toml
index f48530b81da5..af3f5869104b 100644
--- a/parquet_derive_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet_derive_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs"
 authors = ["Apache Arrow <dev@arrow.apache.org>"]
 keywords = [ "parquet" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 publish = false
+rust-version = "1.56"
 
 [dependencies]
 parquet = { path = "../parquet", version = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT" }
 parquet_derive = { path = "../parquet_derive", version = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT" }
-chrono = "0.4.19"
\ No newline at end of file
+chrono = "0.4.19"
diff --git a/rustfmt.toml b/rustfmt.toml
index c49cccdd9f5d..5c27f462e897 100644
--- a/rustfmt.toml
+++ b/rustfmt.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.56"
 max_width = 90
 
 # ignore generated files