diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9a4e860aec..a1c5b39b61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             variant: MSRV
-            toolchain: 1.60.0
+            toolchain: 1.61.0
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             deps: sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt install gcc-multilib
             target: i686-unknown-linux-gnu
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d0c9f5f2d..9c9ec9859e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ A [separate changelog is kept for rand_core](rand_core/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 You may also find the [Upgrade Guide](https://rust-random.github.io/book/update.html) useful.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+- Bump the MSRV to 1.61.0
+
 ## [0.9.0-alpha.1] - 2024-03-18
 - Add the `Slice::num_choices` method to the Slice distribution (#1402)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock.msrv b/Cargo.lock.msrv
index b173eb6d86..0a197d12e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock.msrv
+++ b/Cargo.lock.msrv
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anes"
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@@ -14,7 +38,7 @@ version = "0.2.14"
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 checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
  "libc",
  "winapi",
 ]
@@ -27,15 +51,21 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
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-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.14.1"
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-checksum = "843ec791d3f24503bbf72bbd5e49a3ab4dbb4bcd0a8ef6b0c908efa73caa27b1"
+checksum = "6d804c74bb2d66e9b7047658d21af0f1c937d7d2466410cbf1aed3b0c04048d4"
 dependencies = [
  "easy-cast",
  "float-ord",
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
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+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -53,9 +83,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
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-version = "3.11.1"
+version = "3.15.4"
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-checksum = "572f695136211188308f16ad2ca5c851a712c464060ae6974944458eb83880ba"
+checksum = "7ff69b9dd49fd426c69a0db9fc04dd934cdb6645ff000864d98f7e2af8830eaa"
 
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 checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
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+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.90"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
+
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+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eaf5903dcbc0a39312feb77df2ff4c76387d591b9fc7b04a238dcf8bb62639a"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
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-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
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-checksum = "b0c137568cc60b904a7724001b35ce2630fd00d5d84805fbb608ab89509d788f"
+checksum = "42e69ffd6f0917f5c029256a24d0161db17cea3997d185db0d35926308770f0e"
 dependencies = [
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+version = "0.2.2"
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-checksum = "346de753af073cc87b52b2083a506b38ac176a44cfb05497b622e27be899b369"
+checksum = "05afea1e0a06c9be33d539b876f1ce3692f4afea2cb41f740e7743225ed1c757"
 
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-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
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-checksum = "213030a2b5a4e0c0892b6652260cf6ccac84827b83a85a534e178e3906c4cf1b"
+checksum = "57663b653d948a338bfb3eeba9bb2fd5fcfaecb9e199e87e1eda4d9e8b240fd9"
 dependencies = [
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-checksum = "d53da17d37dba964b9b3ecb5c5a1f193a2762c700e6829201e645b9381c99dc7"
+checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "clap_lex",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
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+version = "0.2.4"
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-checksum = "5538cd660450ebeb4234cfecf8f2284b844ffc4c50531e66d584ad5b91293613"
+checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06ea2b9bc92be3c2baa9334a323ebca2d6f074ff852cd1d7b11064035cd3868f"
+
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-checksum = "c2dd04ddaf88237dc3b8d8f9a3c1004b506b54b3313403944054d23c0870c521"
+checksum = "ab3db02a9c5b5121e1e42fbdb1aeb65f5e02624cc58c43f2884c6ccac0b82f95"
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-checksum = "715e8152b692bba2d374b53d4875445368fdf21a94751410af607a5ac677d1fc"
+checksum = "613f8cc01fe9cf1a3eb3d7f488fd2fa8388403e97039e2f73692932e291a770d"
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- "cfg-if",
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+version = "0.9.18"
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-checksum = "01a9af1f4c2ef74bb8aa1f7e19706bc72d03598c8a570bb5de72243c7a9d9d5a"
+checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
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- "autocfg",
- "cfg-if",
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- "memoffset",
- "scopeguard",
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-checksum = "4fb766fa798726286dbbb842f174001dab8abc7b627a1dd86e0b7222a95d929f"
+checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.20.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54e36fcd13ed84ffdfda6f5be89b31287cbb80c439841fe69e04841435464391"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "darling_core",
+ "darling_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.20.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c2cf1c23a687a1feeb728783b993c4e1ad83d99f351801977dd809b48d0a70f"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.20.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a668eda54683121533a393014d8692171709ff57a7d61f187b6e782719f8933f"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+dependencies = [
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+ "serde",
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+version = "0.5.2"
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-checksum = "4bd102ee8c418348759919b83b81cdbdc933ffe29740b903df448b4bafaa348e"
+checksum = "10936778145f3bea71fd9bf61332cce28c28e96a380714f7ab34838b80733fd6"
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+version = "1.10.0"
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-checksum = "90e5c1c8368803113bf0c9584fc495a58b86dc8a29edbf8fe877d21d9507e797"
+checksum = "11157ac094ffbdde99aa67b23417ebdd801842852b500e395a45a9c0aac03e4a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
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+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
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-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.12"
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+checksum = "02b4af3693f1b705df946e9fe5631932443781d0aabb423b62fcd4d73f6d2fd0"
+dependencies = [
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+]
 
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+
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+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
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+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
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+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "ident_case"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
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+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
 dependencies = [
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- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b0b929d511467233429c45a44ac1dcaa21ba0f5ba11e4879e6ed28ddb4f9df4"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "serde",
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+checksum = "29c15563dc2726973df627357ce0c9ddddbea194836909d655df6a75d2cf296d"
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
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-version = "0.7.1"
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-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
+checksum = "523dc4f511e55ab87b694dc30d0f820d60906ef06413f93d4d7a1385599cc149"
+
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+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+checksum = "da0df0e5185db44f69b44f26786fe401b6c293d1907744beaa7fa62b2e5a517a"
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+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
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- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e420a7298..6c7ce73f66 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30c697922b..e6430e8377 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Book](https://img.shields.io/badge/book-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/book/)
 [![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand)
 [![API](https://docs.rs/rand/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rand)
-[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.60+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
+[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.61+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
 
 A Rust library for random number generation, featuring:
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ issue tracker with the keyword `yank` *should* uncover the motivation.
 
 ### Rust version requirements
 
-The Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is `rustc >= 1.60.0`.
+The Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is `rustc >= 1.61.0`.
 Older releases may work (depending on feature configuration) but are untested.
 
 ## Crate Features
diff --git a/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml b/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
index e5330a2c3c..0162599ce7 100644
--- a/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_chacha/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ChaCha random number generator
 keywords = ["random", "rng", "chacha"]
 categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
diff --git a/rand_chacha/README.md b/rand_chacha/README.md
index 0fd1b64c0d..1692252568 100644
--- a/rand_chacha/README.md
+++ b/rand_chacha/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Book](https://img.shields.io/badge/book-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/book/)
 [![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_chacha)
 [![API](https://docs.rs/rand_chacha/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rand_chacha)
-[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.60+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
+[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.61+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
 
 A cryptographically secure random number generator that uses the ChaCha
 algorithm.
diff --git a/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md b/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
index 80810a025b..ec29912baa 100644
--- a/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rand_core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+- Bump the MSRV to 1.61.0
+
 ## [0.9.0-alpha.1] - 2024-03-18
 
 ## [0.9.0-alpha.0] - 2024-02-18
diff --git a/rand_core/Cargo.toml b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
index 4dc4a09cf6..642e9a12ad 100644
--- a/rand_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Core random number generator traits and tools for implementation.
 keywords = ["random", "rng"]
 categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # To build locally:
diff --git a/rand_core/README.md b/rand_core/README.md
index a08f7c9925..3edcd4a2f9 100644
--- a/rand_core/README.md
+++ b/rand_core/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Book](https://img.shields.io/badge/book-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/book/)
 [![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_core)
 [![API](https://docs.rs/rand_core/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rand_core)
-[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.60+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
+[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.61+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
 
 Core traits and error types of the [rand] library, plus tools for implementing
 RNGs.
diff --git a/rand_distr/Cargo.toml b/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
index b60bb7cec7..917c307fee 100644
--- a/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_distr/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Sampling from random number distributions
 keywords = ["random", "rng", "distribution", "probability"]
 categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 include = ["src/", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
diff --git a/rand_distr/README.md b/rand_distr/README.md
index 016e8981d8..8b43ba9e9a 100644
--- a/rand_distr/README.md
+++ b/rand_distr/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Book](https://img.shields.io/badge/book-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/book/)
 [![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_distr)
 [![API](https://docs.rs/rand_distr/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rand_distr)
-[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.60+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
+[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.61+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
 
 Implements a full suite of random number distribution sampling routines.
 
diff --git a/rand_distr/benches/Cargo.toml b/rand_distr/benches/Cargo.toml
index 2dd82c7973..e9c41c3154 100644
--- a/rand_distr/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_distr/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["The Rand Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "Criterion benchmarks of the rand_distr crate"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 publish = false
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml b/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
index 80383b9778..e80e16b086 100644
--- a/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_pcg/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Selected PCG random number generators
 keywords = ["random", "rng", "pcg"]
 categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
diff --git a/rand_pcg/README.md b/rand_pcg/README.md
index da1a1beeff..8a4efbeb81 100644
--- a/rand_pcg/README.md
+++ b/rand_pcg/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Book](https://img.shields.io/badge/book-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/book/)
 [![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-master-yellow.svg)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_pcg)
 [![API](https://docs.rs/rand_pcg/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rand_pcg)
-[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.60+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
+[![Minimum rustc version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.61+-lightgray.svg)](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements)
 
 Implements a selection of PCG random number generators.