diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 81a7f18..e6fb20b 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish      = false
 disruptor       = { path = ".." }
 crossbeam       = "0.8"
 crossbeam-utils = { workspace = true }
-criterion       = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion       = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name    = "spsc"
diff --git a/crates/disruptor-dsl/Cargo.toml b/crates/disruptor-dsl/Cargo.toml
index 224f004..1ad28d4 100644
--- a/crates/disruptor-dsl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/disruptor-dsl/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ core_affinity      = "0.8.1"
 thiserror          = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "new_api_bench"
diff --git a/crates/disruptor-seq/Cargo.toml b/crates/disruptor-seq/Cargo.toml
index 27bccd5..131af50 100644
--- a/crates/disruptor-seq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/disruptor-seq/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 disruptor-core = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "sequencer_bench"
diff --git a/crates/disruptor-wait/Cargo.toml b/crates/disruptor-wait/Cargo.toml
index b2fbf68..e47833d 100644
--- a/crates/disruptor-wait/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/disruptor-wait/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 disruptor-core = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "wait_strategy_bench"