diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index c770b36..2c5d959 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ wasmtime-default-features = [
 cbindgen = { version = "0.29", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.7.0"
+criterion = "0.8.1"
 quickcheck = "1"
 rand = "0.9.0"