diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4dff9b2d4..6f2286952 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install Rust
       run: |
-        rustup toolchain install 1.46.0 --no-self-update --profile minimal
+        rustup toolchain install 1.53.0 --no-self-update --profile minimal
         rustup toolchain install nightly --no-self-update --profile minimal
-        rustup default 1.46.0
+        rustup default 1.53.0
       shell: bash
     - name: Create Cargo.lock with minimal version
       run: cargo +nightly update -Zminimal-versions
-    - name: Cache downloaded crates since 1.46 is really slow in fetching
+    - name: Cache downloaded crates since 1.53 is really slow in fetching
       uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - run: cargo check --lib
     - run: cargo check --lib --all-features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 89945c56f..c7ba95a00 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["development-tools::build-utils"]
 exclude = ["/.github"]
 edition = "2018"
+rust-version = "1.53"
 
 [dependencies]
 jobserver = { version = "0.1.16", optional = true }