per https://github.com/sourmash-bio/sourmash/pull/3012#issuecomment-2634737191, > > (asking here, because it's relevant to some memory questions) - how are we feeling about Rust 1.74 these days? > > I've been using https://lib.rs/stats#rustc-usage to check MSRV bumps, 1.74 would put us in 96-97% of all crates.io requests. 1.74 was released [November 16, 2023](https://releases.rs/docs/1.74.0/), so I think it is OK to bump MSRV. The latest version of rkyv (see https://github.com/sourmash-bio/sourmash/pull/3511) wants 1.81. The latest version of niffler (see https://github.com/sourmash-bio/sourmash/pull/3510) wants 1.74.