diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bad1465..5c8b571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install MSRV
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.71.1
+          toolchain: 1.81.0
           override: true
       - name: Run MSRV
         run: cargo check -p gamedig
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f69eeda..ebcbc5a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ repos:
         language: system
         files: '([.]rs|Cargo\.toml)$'
         pass_filenames: false
-        entry: rustup run --install 1.71.1 cargo check -p gamedig
+        entry: rustup run --install 1.81.0 cargo check -p gamedig
 
       - id: docs
         name: Check rustdoc compiles
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7954ccd..9e6010a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ on Discord.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Minimum Supported Rust Version is `1.71.1"` and the code is cross-platform.
+Minimum Supported Rust Version is `1.81.0` and the code is cross-platform.
 
 Pick a game/service/protocol (check the [GAMES](GAMES.md), [SERVICES](SERVICES.md) and [PROTOCOLS](PROTOCOLS.md) files
 to see the currently supported ones), provide the ip and the port (be aware that some game servers use a separate port
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ Want to see more examples? Checkout the [examples](crates/lib/examples) folder.
 
 ## Command Line Interface
 
-The library also has an [official CLI](https://crates.io/crates/gamedig_cli) that you can use but it has
-MSRV of `1.74.1`.
+The library also has an [official CLI](https://crates.io/crates/gamedig_cli) that you can use, it has
+MSRV of `1.81.0`.
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/VERSIONS.md b/VERSIONS.md
index 5968444..bf8a929 100644
--- a/VERSIONS.md
+++ b/VERSIONS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MSRV (Minimum Supported Rust Version)
 
-Current: `1.71.1`
+Current: `1.81.0`
 
 Places to update:
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index d7dd247..1f8bcd0 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage = "https://gamedig.github.io/"
 repository = "https://github.com/gamedig/rust-gamedig"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["server", "query", "game", "check", "status"]
-rust-version = "1.74.1"
+rust-version = "1.81.0"
 categories = ["command-line-interface"]
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/lib/Cargo.toml
index e3587ab..7ac186b 100644
--- a/crates/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/gamedig/latest/gamedig/"
 repository = "https://github.com/gamedig/rust-gamedig"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["server", "query", "game", "check", "status"]
-rust-version = "1.71.1"
+rust-version = "1.81.0"
 categories = ["parser-implementations", "parsing", "network-programming", "encoding"]
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/lib/README.md b/crates/lib/README.md
index 54d71e4..e000d5c 100644
--- a/crates/lib/README.md
+++ b/crates/lib/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ on Discord.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Minimum Supported Rust Version is `1.71.1` and the code is cross-platform.
+Minimum Supported Rust Version is `1.81.0` and the code is cross-platform.
 
 Pick a game/service/protocol (check
 the [GAMES](https://github.com/gamedig/rust-gamedig/blob/main/GAMES.md), [SERVICES](https://github.com/gamedig/rust-gamedig/blob/main/SERVICES.md)