diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
index 3c27a2dd057..a95994c99b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
       - name: Configure cargo data directory
         # After this point, all cargo registry and crate data is stored in
         # $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.cargo_home. This allows us to cache only the files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3b793205c8d..8411bd32a32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
         if: matrix.use_sccache != true
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
           target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
       - name: Build cross image
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml b/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
index 059b87c8215..a296b312fc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
       - name: Install wasm32-wasi target
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
index ce0475081ce..545696a3514 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
       - name: Install LLVM (Linux)
         run: |
           curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-10.0.0/clang+llvm-10.0.0-x86_64-linux-gnu-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz -L -o llvm.tar.xz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
index ddcfcc98fb6..0096c315dda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
       - name: Install LLVM
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index ad1de3fcb65..9e3a58101de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
           components: rustfmt, clippy
       - name: Install LLVM (Linux)
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-js.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-js.yaml
index a8007cb35c9..486eac08bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-js.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-js.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-sys.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-sys.yaml
index ae708933570..3afacb5b53f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-sys.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-sys.yaml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.59
+          toolchain: 1.61
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
         if: matrix.use_sccache != true
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index 791d8759b87..4213d88dcbf 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.59
+1.61