diff --git a/http-body-util/Cargo.toml b/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
index c1c7b98..3bf2255 100644
--- a/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/http-body-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Combinators and adapters for HTTP request or response bodies.
 """
 keywords = ["http"]
 categories = ["web-programming"]
-rust-version = "1.49"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1"