diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b7a5e6d..a399c1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - rust: 1.36.0 # MSRV
+          - rust: 1.49.0 # MSRV
             features:
           - rust: stable
             features: serde
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - rust: 1.36.0
+          - rust: 1.49.0
             target: thumbv6m-none-eabi
           - rust: stable
             target: thumbv6m-none-eabi
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 165b527..d099405 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "indexmap"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "1.7.0"
 authors = [
 "bluss",
 "Josh Stone <cuviper@gmail.com>"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rayon = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.hashbrown]
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.11"
 default-features = false
 features = ["raw"]
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1cf5368..e4617f8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ indexmap
 .. |docs| image:: https://docs.rs/indexmap/badge.svg
 .. _docs: https://docs.rs/indexmap
 
-.. |rustc| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.36%2B-orange.svg
-.. _rustc: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.36%2B-orange.svg
+.. |rustc| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.49%2B-orange.svg
+.. _rustc: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.49%2B-orange.svg
 
 A pure-Rust hash table which preserves (in a limited sense) insertion order.
 
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ which is roughly:
 Recent Changes
 ==============
 
+- 1.7.0
+
+  - **MSRV**: Rust 1.49 or later is now required.
+
+  - The ``hashbrown`` dependency has been updated to version 0.11.
+
 - 1.6.2
 
   - Fixed to match ``std`` behavior, ``OccupiedEntry::key`` now references the
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0ccdb0f..aa419da 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 //!
 //! ### Rust Version
 //!
-//! This version of indexmap requires Rust 1.36 or later.
+//! This version of indexmap requires Rust 1.49 or later.
 //!
 //! The indexmap 1.x release series will use a carefully considered version
 //! upgrade policy, where in a later 1.x version, we will raise the minimum