diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cd1e6499..8f683221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         run: target/debug/xtask ci lint
 
   msrv:
-    name: Rust 1.65 / ${{ matrix.name }}
+    name: Rust 1.70 / ${{ matrix.name }}
     needs: xtask
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -92,17 +92,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Install rust 1.65 toolchain
+      - name: Install rust 1.70 toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.65
+          toolchain: "1.70"
 
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           # A stable compiler update should automatically not reuse old caches.
           # Add the MSRV as a stable cache key too so bumping it also gets us a
           # fresh cache.
-          sharedKey: msrv1.65
+          sharedKey: msrv1.70
 
       - name: Get xtask
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cff9f9a..02c47ab5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ default-members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-rust-version = "1.65"
+rust-version = "1.70"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 assert_matches2 = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4308a8d..c11422f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Minimum Rust version
 
-Ruma currently requires Rust 1.65. In general, we will never require beta or
+Ruma currently requires Rust 1.70. In general, we will never require beta or
 nightly for crates.io releases of our crates, and we will try to avoid releasing
 crates that depend on features that were only just stabilized.
 
diff --git a/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
index c02ed9e1..a79273a7 100644
--- a/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # [unreleased]
 
+- Bump MSRV to 1.70
+
 # 0.8.2
 
 Please refer to the changelogs of:
diff --git a/xtask/src/ci.rs b/xtask/src/ci.rs
index 62393655..7410ea06 100644
--- a/xtask/src/ci.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/ci.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mod spec_links;
 
 use spec_links::check_spec_links;
 
-const MSRV: &str = "1.65";
+const MSRV: &str = "1.70";
 
 #[derive(Args)]
 pub struct CiArgs {