diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09100032..89ab3fde 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 4.3.4",
  "criterion-plot",
  "is-terminal",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
  "oorandom",
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
 dependencies = [
  "cast",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2163,6 +2163,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -3296,7 +3305,7 @@ checksum = "119533552c9a7ffacc21e099c24a0ac8bb19c2a2a3f363de84cd9b844feab270"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "heck 0.4.1",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "multimap",
@@ -3317,7 +3326,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5d2d8d10f3c6ded6da8b05b5fb3b8a5082514344d56c9f871412d29b4e075b4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.60",
  "quote 1.0.28",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -5669,7 +5678,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "humantime",
  "incrementalmerkletree",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "jubjub",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-integer",
@@ -5765,7 +5774,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "howudoin",
  "humantime-serde",
  "indexmap",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics 0.21.0",
  "num-integer",
@@ -5864,7 +5873,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "howudoin",
  "indexmap",
  "insta",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "jubjub",
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics 0.21.0",
@@ -5923,7 +5932,7 @@ version = "1.0.0-beta.26"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "hex",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 30c7a846..2014f775 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ skip-tree = [
     # wait for prost-build to upgrade
     { name = "prettyplease", version = "=0.1.25" },
 
+    # wait for criterion to upgrade
+    { name = "itertools", version = "=0.10.5" },
+
     # ZF crates
 
     # wait for zcashd and zcash_script to upgrade
diff --git a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
index 905b548e..7615d602 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ serde-big-array = "0.5.1"
 
 # Processing
 futures = "0.3.28"
-itertools = "0.10.5"
+itertools = "0.11.0"
 rayon = "1.7.0"
 
 # ZF deps
diff --git a/zebra-network/Cargo.toml b/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
index cd1029e6..7bb8e14f 100644
--- a/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dirs = "5.0.1"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 indexmap = { version = "1.9.3", features = ["serde"] }
-itertools = "0.10.5"
+itertools = "0.11.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 num-integer = "0.1.45"
 ordered-map = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
index 1fbc31f6..e4d87463 100644
--- a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dirs = "5.0.1"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 indexmap = "1.9.3"
-itertools = "0.10.5"
+itertools = "0.11.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 metrics = "0.21.0"
 mset = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
index 9ce5fe07..98b7fb50 100644
--- a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.26" }
 zebra-rpc = { path = "../zebra-rpc", version = "1.0.0-beta.26", optional = true }
 
 # These crates are needed for the zebra-checkpoints binary
-itertools = { version = "0.10.5", optional = true }
+itertools = { version = "0.11.0", optional = true }
 
 # These crates are needed for the search-issue-refs binary
 regex = { version = "1.8.4", optional = true }