diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aaf060552e7..259eec330a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ version = "0.22.0"
 # x-release-please-end
 authors = ["The Noir Team <team@noir-lang.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.66"
+rust-version = "1.71.1"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/"