diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 259bd81100..96da5d9a9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        rust: ["1.67.1", nightly, beta]
+        rust: ["1.70.0", nightly, beta]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.67.1' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.70.0' }}
     - name: Generate Cargo.lock with minimal-version dependencies
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.67.1' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.70.0' }}
       run: cargo -Zminimal-versions generate-lockfile
 
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@v1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: build
       run: cargo build -v
     - name: test
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust != '1.67.1' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust != '1.70.0' }}
       run: cargo test -v && cargo doc -v
 
   test_other_archs:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1a0827745..4a6108a26c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 resolver = "2"
 
 # note: when changed, also update test runner in `.github/workflows/rust.yml`
-rust-version = "1.67.1"
+rust-version = "1.70.0"
 
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "Imaging library. Provides basic image processing and encoders/decoders for common image formats."
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ image-webp = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 mp4parse = { version = "0.17.0", optional = true }
 png = { version = "0.17.6", optional = true }
 qoi = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
-ravif = { version = "0.11.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
+ravif = { version = "0.11.11", default-features = false, optional = true }
 rayon = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true }
 rgb = { version = "0.8.48", default-features = false, optional = true }
 tiff = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ tiff = ["dep:tiff"]
 webp = ["dep:image-webp"]
 
 # Other features
-rayon = ["dep:rayon"] # Enables multi-threading
+rayon = ["dep:rayon", "ravif?/threading"] # Enables multi-threading
 nasm = ["ravif?/asm"] # Enables use of nasm by rav1e (requires nasm to be installed)
 color_quant = ["dep:color_quant"] # Enables color quantization
 avif-native = ["dep:mp4parse", "dep:dcv-color-primitives", "dep:dav1d"] # Enable native dependency libdav1d