diff --git a/dev-python/watchfiles/watchfiles-1.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/watchfiles/watchfiles-1.2.0.ebuild
index e883e0e93b71f..b18e6bc0fb606 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchfiles/watchfiles-1.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/watchfiles/watchfiles-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=maturin
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
 
-RUST_MIN_VER="1.77.0"
+RUST_MIN_VER="1.83.0"
 CRATES="
 	bitflags@1.3.2
 	bitflags@2.7.0