diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index ec62fb8fc..fb9e0e1a9 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 juniper = { path = "../juniper" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.7"
+criterion = "0.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 
 [lints.clippy]