diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 0fd622c..2b37fbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         rust:
-          - 1.49 # keep in sync with MSRV.md dev doc
+          - 1.56 # keep in sync with MSRV.md dev doc
 
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa25f55..0fe0aae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 publish = false # no accidents while in dev
 
 [dependencies]
-hyper = "0.14.19"
+hyper = "=1.0.0-rc.1"
 futures-channel = "0.3"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 http = "0.2"