diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3d0393ca..1daade7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
         #
         #            Also make sure to update the MSRV in the cargo-semver-checks-action CI:
         #            https://github.com/obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action/blob/main/.github/workflows/test-action.yml#L18
-        toolchain: ["1.80", "1.81", "1.82", "stable", "beta"]
+        toolchain: ["1.81", "1.82", "stable", "beta"]
         experimental: [false]
         include:
           - toolchain: "nightly"
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ jobs:
         id: toolchain
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: "1.79"
+          toolchain: "1.80"
           rustflags: ""
           cache: false
 
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check output
         run: |
           cd semver
-          EXPECTED="$(echo -e "error: rustc version is not high enough: >=1.80.0 needed, got 1.79.0")"
+          EXPECTED="$(echo -e "error: rustc version is not high enough: >=1.81.0 needed, got 1.80.1")"
           RESULT="$(cat output | grep 'error: rustc version')"
           diff <(echo "$RESULT") <(echo "$EXPECTED")
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11ee6565..9ace53d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks"
 readme = "./README.md"
 keywords = ["semver", "linter", "check", "crate", "cargo"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities", "development-tools::cargo-plugins"]
-rust-version = "1.80"
+rust-version = "1.81"
 exclude = [".github/", "brand/", "scripts/", "test_crates/", "test_outputs/", "tests/"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ exclude = [".github/", "brand/", "scripts/", "test_crates/", "test_outputs/", "t
 trustfall = "0.8.0"
 # `cargo_metadata` is used at the API boundary of `trustfall_rustdoc`,
 # so ensure the version we use for `cargo_metadata` here matches what `trustfall_rustdoc` uses too.
-trustfall_rustdoc = { version = "0.18.1", default-features = false, features = ["v30", "v32", "v33", "v34", "v35", "v36", "v37", "rayon", "rustc-hash"] }
+trustfall_rustdoc = { version = "0.18.1", default-features = false, features = ["v32", "v33", "v35", "v36", "v37", "rayon", "rustc-hash"] }
 cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 # End of dependency block
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index be99b071..860120f8 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl GlobalConfig {
         Self {
             level: None,
             handlebars: make_handlebars_registry(),
-            minimum_rustc_version: semver::Version::new(1, 80, 0),
+            minimum_rustc_version: semver::Version::new(1, 81, 0),
             stdout: AutoStream::new(Box::new(std::io::stdout()), stdout_choice),
             stderr: AutoStream::new(Box::new(std::io::stderr()), stderr_choice),
             feature_flags: HashSet::new(),