diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccdca08..05e541f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "blocking"
 version = "1.5.1"
 authors = ["Stjepan Glavina <stjepang@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.63"
+rust-version = "1.68"
 description = "A thread pool for isolating blocking I/O in async programs"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/smol-rs/blocking"