diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 188297f4d..1bc3690c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["vector", "datadog", "compiler"]
 categories = ["compilers"]
-rust-version = "1.78" # msrv
+rust-version = "1.79" # msrv
 
 [workspace]
 members = [