diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md
index 527be464..d5b94b0e 100644
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ In order to compile librespot, you will first need to set up a suitable Rust bui
 ### Install Rust
 The easiest, and recommended way to get Rust is to use [rustup](https://rustup.rs). Once that’s installed, Rust's standard tools should be set up and ready to use.
 
-*Note: The current minimum supported Rust version at the time of writing is 1.61.*
-
 #### Additional Rust tools - `rustfmt`
 To ensure a consistent codebase, we utilise [`rustfmt`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt) and [`clippy`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy), which are installed by default with `rustup` these days, else they can be installed manually with:
 ```bash
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffa3d6f1..e02c6990 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Librespot Org"]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "An open source client library for Spotify, with support for Spotify Connect"
diff --git a/audio/Cargo.toml b/audio/Cargo.toml
index 43d15b87..e6649b20 100644
--- a/audio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/audio/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-audio"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Lietar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 description = "The audio fetching logic for librespot"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/connect/Cargo.toml b/connect/Cargo.toml
index 1a41b3bb..2caa9f33 100644
--- a/connect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/connect/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-connect"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Lietar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 description = "The discovery and Spotify Connect logic for librespot"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index cc319c99..d64590c2 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-core"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Lietar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 description = "The core functionality provided by librespot"
diff --git a/discovery/Cargo.toml b/discovery/Cargo.toml
index c8b0e08f..ebbfb809 100644
--- a/discovery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/discovery/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-discovery"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Lietar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 description = "The discovery logic for librespot"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/metadata/Cargo.toml b/metadata/Cargo.toml
index f57159e3..0d86cd29 100644
--- a/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-metadata"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Lietar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 description = "The metadata logic for librespot"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/playback/Cargo.toml b/playback/Cargo.toml
index 89237108..39e87261 100644
--- a/playback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/playback/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-playback"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Sasha Hilton <sashahilton00@gmail.com>"]
 description = "The audio playback logic for librespot"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/protocol/Cargo.toml b/protocol/Cargo.toml
index 00b97bb5..aa5f4496 100644
--- a/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "librespot-protocol"
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
+rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Paul Liétar <paul@lietar.net>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 description = "The protobuf logic for communicating with Spotify servers"