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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ as described above.
 
 ### 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