diff --git a/async-nats/Cargo.toml b/async-nats/Cargo.toml
index d61882ea9..d24573d32 100644
--- a/async-nats/Cargo.toml
+++ b/async-nats/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "async-nats"
 authors = ["Tomasz Pietrek <tomasz@nats.io>", "Casper Beyer <caspervonb@pm.me>"]
 version = "0.35.1"
 edition = "2021"
-rust = "1.67.0"
+rust = "1.74.0"
 description = "A async Rust NATS client"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/async-nats"
diff --git a/async-nats/tests/compatibility.rs b/async-nats/tests/compatibility.rs
index 9d6a7612a..e433fc30c 100644
--- a/async-nats/tests/compatibility.rs
+++ b/async-nats/tests/compatibility.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ mod compatibility {
             .init();
         let url = std::env::var("NATS_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "localhost:4222".to_string());
         tracing::info!("staring client for object store tests at {}", url);
-        let client = async_nats::connect(url).await.unwrap();
+        let client = async_nats::ConnectOptions::new()
+            .max_reconnects(10)
+            .retry_on_initial_connect()
+            .connect(&url)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
 
         let tests = client
             .subscribe("tests.object-store.>")
@@ -422,7 +427,12 @@ mod compatibility {
     async fn service_core() {
         let url = std::env::var("NATS_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "localhost:4222".to_string());
         tracing::info!("staring client for service tests at {}", url);
-        let client = async_nats::connect(url).await.unwrap();
+        let client = async_nats::ConnectOptions::new()
+            .max_reconnects(10)
+            .retry_on_initial_connect()
+            .connect(&url)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
 
         let mut tests = client
             .subscribe("tests.service.core.>")
diff --git a/async-nats/tests/configs/docker/Dockerfile b/async-nats/tests/configs/docker/Dockerfile
index 3203f9cbd..766975d26 100644
--- a/async-nats/tests/configs/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/async-nats/tests/configs/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM rust:1.71.1
+FROM rust:1.78
 WORKDIR /usr/src/nats.rs/async-nats
 ARG PROFILE=test
 COPY . /usr/src/nats.rs
 RUN cargo test --features compatibility_tests --no-run
 ENV NATS_URL=localhost:4222
-CMD cargo test --features compatibility_tests compatibility -- --nocapture
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD cargo test --features compatibility_tests compatibility -- --nocapture