diff --git a/crates/esplora/Cargo.toml b/crates/esplora/Cargo.toml
index e55b6fa01..5702c6e99 100644
--- a/crates/esplora/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/esplora/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ bdk_chain = { path = "../chain", version = "0.4.0", features = ["serde", "minisc
 esplora-client = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.66", optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3.26", optional = true }
+# base64 versions after 0.21.0 have MSRV 1.60.0
+base64 = "=0.21.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["async-https", "blocking"]