diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 63605cd6..b3dcc1fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PWD/ffmpeg-libs/lib/amd64/pkgconfig" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/ffmpeg-libs" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       # rust-version from Cargo.toml
-      - name: Install Rust 1.65.0
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.65.0
+      - name: Install Rust 1.70.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           prefix-key: "v2-rust"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock.MSRV b/Cargo.lock.MSRV
index e58d28cd..d84c6372 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock.MSRV
+++ b/Cargo.lock.MSRV
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.7.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "regex",
@@ -443,6 +443,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.32"
@@ -745,7 +754,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "built",
  "cfg-if",
  "interpolate_name",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "libc",
  "libfuzzer-sys",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4bb92c2..7ca28dfa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ categories = ["multimedia"]
 include = ["LICENSE", "build.rs", "src/"]
 
 # When changing MSRV: Also update build.yml and README.md
-rust-version = "1.65.0"
+rust-version = "1.70.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d239dc2b..48cacf4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ If you have significant, demonstrable experience in Rust and multimedia-related
 
 ## Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV)
 
-Both `ffmpeg-the-third` and `ffmpeg-sys-the-third` currently require a Rust version of 1.65.0 or higher. Increases in MSRV will result in a semver MINOR version increase.
+Both `ffmpeg-the-third` and `ffmpeg-sys-the-third` currently require a Rust version of 1.70.0 or higher. Increases in MSRV will result in a semver MINOR version increase.
 
 If you are having issues compiling this crate on your version of Rust, there are two tools you can use to help find MSRV-compatible dependency versions:
 
diff --git a/ffmpeg-sys-third/Cargo.toml b/ffmpeg-sys-third/Cargo.toml
index d019e061..ae150b08 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-sys-third/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ffmpeg-sys-third/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ keywords = ["audio", "video"]
 categories = ["multimedia", "external-ffi-bindings"]
 
 # When changing MSRV: Also update build.yml and README.md
-rust-version = "1.65.0"
+rust-version = "1.70.0"
 
 [lib]
 # Disable doctests as a workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/1313