diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 0a01e8298468..fb117380d028 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - uses: matrix-org/setup-python-poetry@v1
         with:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - name: Setup Poetry
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - uses: matrix-org/setup-python-poetry@v1
         with:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
         with:
             components: clippy
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ jobs:
             postgres:${{ matrix.job.postgres-version }}
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - uses: matrix-org/setup-python-poetry@v1
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       # There aren't wheels for some of the older deps, so we need to install
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cat sytest-blacklist .ci/worker-blacklist > synapse-blacklist-with-workers
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - name: Run SyTest
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ jobs:
           path: synapse
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.61.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - run: cargo test
diff --git a/changelog.d/16248.misc b/changelog.d/16248.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a5ed6dccb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/16248.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump minimum supported Rust version to 1.61.0.
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md
index f50a279e985a..2f888b6f1270 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.md
+++ b/docs/upgrade.md
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ process, for example:
     dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
     ```
 
+# Upgrading to v1.93.0
+
+## Minimum supported Rust version
+The minimum supported Rust version has been increased from v1.60.0 to v1.61.0.
+Users building from source will need to ensure their `rustc` version is up to
+date.
+
+
 # Upgrading to v1.90.0
 
 ## App service query parameter authorization is now a configuration option
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 3ead01c0521e..16917136db52 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "synapse"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60.0"
+rust-version = "1.61.0"
 
 [lib]
 name = "synapse"
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ name = "synapse.synapse_rust"
 anyhow = "1.0.63"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
-pyo3 = { version = "0.17.1", features = ["macros", "anyhow", "abi3", "abi3-py37"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.17.1", features = [
+    "macros",
+    "anyhow",
+    "abi3",
+    "abi3-py37",
+] }
 pyo3-log = "0.8.1"
 pythonize = "0.17.0"
 regex = "1.6.0"