diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f76869ab..a4ce6c6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
   # MANDATORY TESTING USING LOWEST SUPPORTED TOOLCHAIN
   lowest_supported:
     env:
-      TOOLCHAIN: 1.71.1  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
+      TOOLCHAIN: 1.77.0  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
   fedora:
     env:
       # Lowest supported
-      TOOLCHAIN: 1.71.1  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
+      TOOLCHAIN: 1.77.0  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05f94dc6..e3f544ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "libcryptsetup-rs"
 version = "0.11.0"
 authors = ["John Baublitz <jbaublitz@redhat.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.71.1"  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
+rust-version = "1.77.0"  # LOWEST SUPPORTED RUST TOOLCHAIN
 description = "High level Rust bindings for libcryptsetup"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/libcryptsetup-rs"