diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 75404acb52..227e39816a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
       - run: cargo -Z minimal-versions update
-      - run: cargo update -p lazy_static
+      - name: Fix -Z minimal-versions
+        run: |
+          cargo update -p darling
+          cargo update -p lazy_static
 
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.63.0
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70.0
         id: rust-toolchain
       
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -36,9 +39,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
       - run: cargo -Z minimal-versions update
-      - run: cargo update -p lazy_static
+      - name: Fix -Z minimal-versions
+        run: |
+          cargo update -p darling
+          cargo update -p lazy_static
 
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.63.0
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70.0
         id: rust-toolchain
       
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         id: rust-toolchain
         with:
-          toolchain: "1.72"
+          toolchain: "1.76"
       
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 69feca7829..b2d760e951 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name = "gotham_formdata"
 version = "0.0.7"
 authors = ["Dominic Meiser <git@msrd0.de>"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.63.0"
+rust-version = "1.70.0"
 description = "Form data parsing for the gotham web framework"
 keywords = ["gotham", "html", "form", "urlencoded", "multipart"]
 categories = ["web-programming", "web-programming::http-server"]
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ multer = "2.0"
 paste = "1.0"
 serde = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-validator = "0.16"
+validator = "0.17"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures-executor = "0.3.15"
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ gotham = { version = "0.7", features = ["testing"], default-features = false }
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5"
 trybuild = "=1.0.89"
-validator = { version = "0.16", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.17", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32195fa005..59a2840747 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	<a href="https://msrd0.github.io/gotham_formdata/doc/gotham_formdata/index.html">
 		<img alt="docs for main" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-main-blue.svg"/>
 	</a>
-	<a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/08/11/Rust-1.63.0.html">
-		<img alt="Rust 1.63+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.63+-orange.svg"/>
+	<a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/06/01/Rust-1.70.0.html">
+		<img alt="Rust 1.70+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.63+-orange.svg"/>
 	</a>
 	<a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">
 		<img alt="License Apache-2.0" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue.svg"/>
diff --git a/README.tpl b/README.tpl
index b3ac706dbe..dbd51cd67f 100644
--- a/README.tpl
+++ b/README.tpl
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	<a href="https://msrd0.github.io/gotham_formdata/doc/gotham_formdata/index.html">
 		<img alt="docs for main" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-main-blue.svg"/>
 	</a>
-	<a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/08/11/Rust-1.63.0.html">
-		<img alt="Rust 1.63+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.63+-orange.svg"/>
+	<a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/06/01/Rust-1.70.0.html">
+		<img alt="Rust 1.70+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.63+-orange.svg"/>
 	</a>
 	<a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">
 		<img alt="License Apache-2.0" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue.svg"/>