diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31ffb9b252e9..2853af6b3c07 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ homepage = "https://rerun.io"
 include = ["../../LICENSE-APACHE", "../../LICENSE-MIT", "**/*.rs", "Cargo.toml"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun"
-rust-version = "1.79"
+rust-version = "1.81.0"
 version = "0.2.5"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index 9ea4f2e8b9c5..0eefd31bc5a3 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 # to the user in the error, instead of "error: invalid channel name '[toolchain]'".
 
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.74"
+channel = "1.81.0"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
 targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]