diff --git a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
index b9f7aece9f..3088cd6e08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         rust:
           - version: 1.60.0 # STABLE
             clippy: true
-          - version: 1.56.0 # MSRV
+          - version: 1.56.1 # MSRV
         features:
           - default
           - minimal
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: sudo apt-get update || exit 1
       - run: sudo apt-get install -y libclang-common-10-dev clang-10 libc6-dev-i386 || exit 1
       - name: Set default toolchain
-        run: rustup default 1.56.0 # STABLE
+        run: rustup default 1.56.1 # STABLE
       - name: Set profile
         run: rustup set profile minimal
       - name: Add target wasm32
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49d5359e5c..9c22ea3ef4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sled = { version = "0.34", optional = true }
 electrum-client = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 ahash = { version = "0.7.6", optional = true }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.10", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 ureq = { version = "~2.2.0", features = ["json"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54832afcd3..55e6bc8982 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <a href="https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/actions?query=workflow%3ACI"><img alt="CI Status" src="https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/workflows/CI/badge.svg"></a>
     <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/bitcoindevkit/bdk"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/bitcoindevkit/bdk/branch/master/graph/badge.svg"/></a>
     <a href="https://docs.rs/bdk"><img alt="API Docs" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs.rs-bdk-green"/></a>
-    <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/08/27/Rust-1.56.0.html"><img alt="Rustc Version 1.56+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.56%2B-lightgrey.svg"/></a>
+    <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/08/27/Rust-1.56.1.html"><img alt="Rustc Version 1.56+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.56%2B-lightgrey.svg"/></a>
     <a href="https://discord.gg/d7NkDKm"><img alt="Chat on Discord" src="https://img.shields.io/discord/753336465005608961?logo=discord"></a>
   </p>