diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index db5b62b..5fe0594 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           profile: minimal
-          toolchain: 1.76.0
+          toolchain: 1.81.0
           target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
           override: true
       - name: Download and install Trunk binary
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7a9406..9b723de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Emil Ernerfeldt <emil.ernerfeldt@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 include = ["LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT", "**/*.rs", "Cargo.toml"]
-rust-version = "1.76"
+rust-version = "1.81"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env_logger = "0.11"
 # web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
-web-sys = "0.3.70" # to access the DOM (to hide the loading text)
+web-sys = "0.3.70"           # to access the DOM (to hide the loading text)
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 2 # fast and small wasm
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index 3fb0f58..dd9d16c 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 = "1.76"  # Avoid specifying a patch version here; see https://github.com/emilk/eframe_template/issues/145
+channel = "1.81"  # Avoid specifying a patch version here; see https://github.com/emilk/eframe_template/issues/145
 components = [ "rustfmt", "clippy" ]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]