diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a32a1c55..793f5f5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ## Other
 
+- Upgrade to Rust 2021 edition #2748 (@cyqsimon)
+
 ## Syntaxes
 
 ## Themes
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5dc3a975..5ffb4091 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/sharkdp/bat"
 version = "0.24.0"
 exclude = ["assets/syntaxes/*", "assets/themes/*"]
 build = "build.rs"
-edition = '2018'
+edition = '2021'
 rust-version = "1.70"
 
 [features]