diff --git a/evm/Cargo.toml b/evm/Cargo.toml
index 63f4ec0c..e810354c 100644
--- a/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 jemallocator = "0.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.4.0"
+criterion = "0.5.1"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 ripemd = "0.1.3"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/plonky2/Cargo.toml b/plonky2/Cargo.toml
index 39b95f21..3076c926 100644
--- a/plonky2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plonky2/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ unroll = { version = "0.1.5", default-features = false }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["js"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", default-features = false }
 env_logger = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 num_cpus = { version = "1.14.0", default-features = false }
 rand = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"] }