diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4d207fc..2ed491b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         rust:
-          - 1.51.0
+          - 1.59.0
           - stable
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91ebabb..31bfd0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Changed
 - `Face::is_italic` checks for italic angle as well.
 - `Face::italic_angle` returns just a `f32` and not `Option<f32>` now.
+- Bump MSRV to 1.59
 
 ### Fixed
 - Only apply `avar` table to the variation axis being set.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3c5604..71c7f67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ![Build Status](https://github.com/RazrFalcon/ttf-parser/workflows/Rust/badge.svg)
 [![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/ttf-parser.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/ttf-parser)
 [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/ttf-parser/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/ttf-parser)
-[![Rust 1.51+](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.51+-orange.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org)
+[![Rust 1.59+](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.59+-orange.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org)
 ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/unsafe-forbidden-brightgreen.svg)
 
 A high-level, safe, zero-allocation font parser for