diff --git a/alacritty.changes b/alacritty.changes
index 7fcc2b7..ba3a488 100644
--- a/alacritty.changes
+++ b/alacritty.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr  7 20:29:17 UTC 2024 - Jan-Luca Kiok <opensuse-packages@jlk.one>
+
+- Bump required rust version to build
+
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 Sat Mar 23 01:18:19 UTC 2024 - Soc Virnyl Estela <uncomfy+openbuildservice@uncomfyhalomacro.pl>
 
 - Use `filter` option in cargo vendoring.
-- Use zstd compression for source tar and vendored tar. 
+- Use zstd compression for source tar and vendored tar.
 - `filter` + zstd results in better compression and storage savings.
 
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diff --git a/alacritty.spec b/alacritty.spec
index 714e461..4e73e85 100644
--- a/alacritty.spec
+++ b/alacritty.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxcb-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxkbcommon-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  rust >= 1.70
 BuildRequires:  scdoc
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  xclip