diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
index 32e2002..a94f002 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defiant-build = { path = "../defiant-build" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 defiant = { path = "../defiant" }
-criterion = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 dhat = "0.3"  # Heap allocation profiler
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/defiant/Cargo.toml b/defiant/Cargo.toml
index 22baaa7..1219087 100644
--- a/defiant/Cargo.toml
+++ b/defiant/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ defiant-derive = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../defiant-derive", optional = tru
 bumpalo = { version = "3.16", features = ["collections"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 proptest = "1"
 rand = "0.9"
 dhat = "0.3"