diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e759a367..7a961c8a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 bdk-macros = "^0.6"
-log = "^0.4"
+# required because log versions starting with 0.4.19 have MSRV 1.60.0
+log = "=0.4.18"
 miniscript = { version = "9.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.29.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "base64", "rand"] }
 serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }