diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e746ea59..f24b7552 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ When reporting an issue, in order to help the maintainers understand what the pr
 
 When making a code contribution to AccessKit, before opening your pull request please make sure that:
 
-- your patch builds with AccessKit's minimal supported Rust version (currently Rust 1.77.2)
+- your patch builds with AccessKit's minimal supported Rust version (currently Rust 1.85)
 - you added tests where applicable
 - you tested your modifications on all impacted platforms (see below)
 - you updated any relevant documentation
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 52e5065d..bd2ef7af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ categories = ["gui"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/AccessKit/accesskit"
-rust-version = "1.77.2"
+rust-version = "1.85"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 hashbrown = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = ["default-hasher"] }