Fuel filter cartridge for filtering and heating fuel for an internal combustion engine, comprising: - a pot-shaped housing , which has a housing casing running in circumferential direction , a housing base and a housing opening axially opposite the housing base , - a filter element inserted into the housing for filtering the fuel, which in the housing separates an untreated room from a clean room , - an electrical heating device arranged in the housing for heating the fuel, - a cover inserted into the housing for closing the housing opening , - an inlet connector for the fuel, which is connected fluidically to the untreated room , - an outlet connector for the fuel, which is fluidically connected to the clean room , - an electrical connector arranged on the cover for the electrical power supply of the heating device which is connected electroconductively to the heating device , characterised in that - fuel filter cartridge has a thrust ring made of metal which is separate from the housing and the cover , which thrust ring encompasses the electrical connector which is secured directly or indirectly onto the housing and which is supported axially on the cover directly and/or indirectly on an outside of the cover averted from the housing base , - for securing the thrust ring onto the housing a crimping ring is provided, which is crimped to an end face housing edge encompassing the housing opening and formed on the housing casing , - the crimping ring and the thrust ring are separate components, so that the thrust ring is secured indirectly via the crimping ring to the housing , - the crimping ring is supported axially on the thrust ring on an outer side of the thrust ring averted from the housing base . - a pot-shaped housing , which has a housing casing running in circumferential direction , a housing base and a housing opening axially opposite the housing base , - a filter element inserted into the housing for filtering the fuel, which in the housing separates an untreated room from a clean room , - an electrical heating device arranged in the housing for heating the fuel, - a cover inserted into the housing for closing the housing opening , - an inlet connector for the fuel, which is connected fluidically to the untreated room , - an outlet connector for the fuel, which is fluidically connected to the clean room , - an electrical connector arranged on the cover for the electrical power supply of the heating device which is connected electroconductively to the heating device , - fuel filter cartridge has a thrust ring made of metal which is separate from the housing and the cover , which thrust ring encompasses the electrical connector which is secured directly or indirectly onto the housing and which is supported axially on the cover directly and/or indirectly on an outside of the cover averted from the housing base , - for securing the thrust ring onto the housing a crimping ring is provided, which is crimped to an end face housing edge encompassing the housing opening and formed on the housing casing , - the crimping ring and the thrust ring are separate components, so that the thrust ring is secured indirectly via the crimping ring to the housing , - the crimping ring is supported axially on the thrust ring on an outer side of the thrust ring averted from the housing base . <EOS>