diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 971abbb..1aa3c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
         - build: pinned
           os: ubuntu-latest
-          rust: 1.41.1
+          rust: 1.60.0
         - build: stable
           os: ubuntu-latest
           rust: stable
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 728f668..a93c9f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ categories = ["encoding", "parsing", "no-std"]
 keywords = ["byte", "endian", "big-endian", "little-endian", "binary"]
 license = "Unlicense OR MIT"
 exclude = ["/ci/*"]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.60"
 
 [lib]
 name = "byteorder"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6069899..75394f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ byteorder = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 
 ### Minimum Rust version policy
 
-This crate's minimum supported `rustc` version is `1.41.1`.
+This crate's minimum supported `rustc` version is `1.60.0`.
 
 The current policy is that the minimum Rust version required to use this crate
 can be increased in minor version updates. For example, if `crate 1.0` requires