diff --git a/.github/workflows/ed25519-dalek.yml b/.github/workflows/ed25519-dalek.yml
index a49d834..52387c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ed25519-dalek.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ed25519-dalek.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
 
   msrv:
-    name: Current MSRV is 1.60.0
+    name: Current MSRV is 1.81.0
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ jobs:
     - run: cargo update -Z minimal-versions
       # Now check that `cargo build` works with respect to the oldest possible
       # deps and the stated MSRV
-    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.60.0
+    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.81.0
     - run: cargo build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workspace.yml b/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
index b8e44dc..5e7fa44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.73.0
+    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.81.0
       with:
         components: clippy
     - run: cargo clippy --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --all-features
diff --git a/curve25519-dalek-derive/README.md b/curve25519-dalek-derive/README.md
index 69bde71..d577514 100644
--- a/curve25519-dalek-derive/README.md
+++ b/curve25519-dalek-derive/README.md
@@ -81,14 +81,7 @@ to build out more elaborate abstractions it starts to become painful to use.
 This crate exposes an `#[unsafe_target_feature]` macro which works just like `#[target_feature]` except
 it moves the `unsafe` from the function prototype into the macro name, and can be used on safe functions.
 
-```rust,compile_fail
-// ERROR: `#[target_feature(..)]` can only be applied to `unsafe` functions
-#[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
-fn func() {}
-```
-
 ```rust
-// It works, but must be `unsafe`
 # #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 #[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
 unsafe fn func() {}
diff --git a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/avx2/field.rs b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/avx2/field.rs
index d685158..5c42b9c 100644
--- a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/avx2/field.rs
+++ b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/avx2/field.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 // - isis agora lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>
 // - Henry de Valence <hdevalence@hdevalence.ca>
 
+// Nightly and stable currently disagree on the requirement of unsafe blocks when `unsafe_target_feature`
+// gets used.
+// See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/132856
+#![allow(unused_unsafe)]
+
 //! An implementation of 4-way vectorized 32bit field arithmetic using
 //! AVX2.
 //!
diff --git a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/ifma/field.rs b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/ifma/field.rs
index ebdfba1..318f4c2 100644
--- a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/ifma/field.rs
+++ b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/ifma/field.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 // - isis agora lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>
 // - Henry de Valence <hdevalence@hdevalence.ca>
 
+// Nightly and stable currently disagree on the requirement of unsafe blocks when `unsafe_target_feature`
+// gets used.
+// See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/132856
+#![allow(unused_unsafe)]
 #![allow(non_snake_case)]
 
 use crate::backend::vector::packed_simd::u64x4;
diff --git a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/packed_simd.rs b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/packed_simd.rs
index 61912db..0e1c134 100644
--- a/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/packed_simd.rs
+++ b/curve25519-dalek/src/backend/vector/packed_simd.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 // This file is part of curve25519-dalek.
 // See LICENSE for licensing information.
 
+// Nightly and stable currently disagree on the requirement of unsafe blocks when `unsafe_target_feature`
+// gets used.
+// See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/132856
+#![allow(unused_unsafe)]
+
 //! This module defines wrappers over platform-specific SIMD types to make them
 //! more convenient to use.
 //!
diff --git a/ed25519-dalek/Cargo.toml b/ed25519-dalek/Cargo.toml
index 626b8da..0c10ed4 100644
--- a/ed25519-dalek/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ed25519-dalek/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords = ["cryptography", "ed25519", "curve25519", "signature", "ECC"]
 categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Fast and efficient ed25519 EdDSA key generations, signing, and verification in pure Rust."
 exclude = [ ".gitignore", "TESTVECTORS", "VALIDATIONVECTORS", "res/*" ]
-rust-version = "1.60"
+rust-version = "1.81"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 rustdoc-args = [