diff --git a/crypto-primitives/Cargo.toml b/crypto-primitives/Cargo.toml
index 3b937c8..d37f02c 100644
--- a/crypto-primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto-primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rayon = "1"
 r1cs = [ "r1cs-core", "r1cs-std" ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.2"
+criterion = "0.3.1"
 rand_xorshift = { version = "0.2" }
 
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