diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eece6ba2..70377927 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -881,9 +881,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f9c16c823fba76d9643cc387e9677d9771abe0827561381815215c47f808da9"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
 dependencies = [
  "anes",
  "cast",
diff --git a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
index ee5c3627..b54c1cf9 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Benchmarks
-criterion = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
 
 # Error Handling & Formatting
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"