diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 856e55bc..430b7fa4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ features = ["errhandlingapi", "sysinfoapi"]
 optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.7.0"
+criterion = "0.8.1"
 matches = "0.1.0"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.15.0"