diff --git a/src/PSDesiredStateConfiguration/PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psd1 b/src/PSDesiredStateConfiguration/PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psd1
index 8c90344..0634972 100644
--- a/src/PSDesiredStateConfiguration/PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psd1
+++ b/src/PSDesiredStateConfiguration/PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psd1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Copyright = '(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.'
 Description = 'PowerShell Desired State Configuration'
 
 # Minimum version of the Windows PowerShell engine required by this module
-PowerShellVersion = '6.1'
+PowerShellVersion = '7.1'
 
 # Name of the Windows PowerShell host required by this module
 # PowerShellHostName = ''