diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index dc47a91c..c7dd36ce 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ path = "src/all.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "1.0"
-criterion = "0.6"
+criterion = "0.8"
 v_htmlescape = { version = "*", path = "../v_htmlescape" }
 v_jsonescape = { version = "*", path = "../v_jsonescape" }
 v_latexescape = { version = "*", path = "../v_latexescape" }