diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e53bb81..44ebc56 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ aes-12bytes-nonce = ["aes-short-nonce"]
 xchacha20 = ["dep:chacha20poly1305"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false }
+criterion = { version = "0.8.1", default-features = false }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dev-dependencies]