diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 77328a6ba0..b2be74abe9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Continuous Integration
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - master
+      - master
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -11,23 +11,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        rust: ['1.71.1', 'stable', 'beta']
+        rust: ["1.86", "stable", "beta"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Cargo cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cargo
-          key: cargo-${{ matrix.rust }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Rust toolchain
-        uses: hecrj/setup-rust-action@v2
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
-          rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustflags: ""
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get install libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev
@@ -42,23 +37,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        rust: ['stable', 'beta']
+        rust: ["stable", "beta"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Cargo cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cargo
-          key: cargo-${{ matrix.rust }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Rust toolchain
-        uses: hecrj/setup-rust-action@v2
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
-          rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustflags: ""
 
       - name: Update system repositories
         run: sudo apt-get update
@@ -80,14 +70,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Rust toolchain
-        uses: hecrj/setup-rust-action@v2
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: stable
-          override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
+          rustflags: ""
 
       - name: Cargo fmt
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 9a951ffa0c..9c52e8c809 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Deploy Docs to GitHub Pages
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - master
+      - master
 
 jobs:
   doc:
@@ -12,34 +12,24 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Cargo cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cargo
-          key: cargo-stable
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Rust toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: stable
-          override: true
+          rustflags: ""
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get install libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev
 
       - name: Build Documentation
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: doc
-          args: --no-deps
+        run: cargo doc --no-deps
 
       - name: Setup index
         run: cp ./doc_index.html ./target/doc/index.html
 
       - name: Deploy
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: ./target/doc
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56430bae48..3cbfe3c144 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ documentation = "https://smithay.github.io/client-toolkit"
 repository = "https://github.com/smithay/client-toolkit"
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.71.1"
+rust-version = "1.86"
 categories = ["gui"]
 keywords = ["wayland", "client"]
 description = "Toolkit for making client wayland applications."
diff --git a/src/data_device_manager/data_offer.rs b/src/data_device_manager/data_offer.rs
index ad69c9257a..5963bff3ff 100644
--- a/src/data_device_manager/data_offer.rs
+++ b/src/data_device_manager/data_offer.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl DragOffer {
         if !self.left || self.dropped {
             receive(&self.data_offer, mime_type)
         } else {
-            Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, "offer has left"))
+            Err(std::io::Error::other("offer has left"))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shm/raw.rs b/src/shm/raw.rs
index 8c767a3c14..e183dc56c2 100644
--- a/src/shm/raw.rs
+++ b/src/shm/raw.rs
@@ -235,12 +235,10 @@ impl RawPool {
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     fn create_memfd() -> rustix::io::Result<OwnedFd> {
-        use std::ffi::CStr;
-
         use rustix::fs::{MemfdFlags, SealFlags};
 
         loop {
-            let name = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"smithay-client-toolkit\0").unwrap();
+            let name = c"smithay-client-toolkit";
             let flags = MemfdFlags::ALLOW_SEALING | MemfdFlags::CLOEXEC;
 
             match rustix::fs::memfd_create(name, flags) {