diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01ed4bb..1fd2b63 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ prost-build = "0.14.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.11"
-criterion = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
 tempfile = "3.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 proptest = "1.4"