diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 95cd96f..d67f8c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloca"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5a7d05ea6aea7e9e64d25b9156ba2fee3fdd659e34e41063cd2fc7cd020d7f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anes"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -69,6 +78,16 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.2.48"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c481bdbf0ed3b892f6f806287d72acd515b352a4ec27a208489b8c1bc839633a"
+dependencies = [
+ "find-msvc-tools",
+ "shlex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -150,18 +169,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3bf7af66b0989381bd0be551bd7cc91912a655a58c6918420c9527b1fd8b4679"
+checksum = "a0dfe5e9e71bdcf4e4954f7d14da74d1cdb92a3a07686452d1509652684b1aab"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloca",
  "anes",
  "cast",
  "ciborium",
  "clap",
  "criterion-plot",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools",
  "num-traits",
  "oorandom",
+ "page_size",
  "plotters",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
@@ -173,12 +194,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion-plot"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+checksum = "5de36c2bee19fba779808f92bf5d9b0fa5a40095c277aba10c458a12b35d21d6"
 dependencies = [
  "cast",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -228,6 +249,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "find-msvc-tools"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a3076410a55c90011c298b04d0cfa770b00fa04e1e3c97d3f6c9de105a03844"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -274,15 +301,6 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "itertools"
-version = "0.10.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -353,6 +371,16 @@ version = "11.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6790f58c7ff633d8771f42965289203411a5e5c68388703c06e14f24770b41e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "page_size"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30d5b2194ed13191c1999ae0704b7839fb18384fa22e49b57eeaa97d79ce40da"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -591,6 +619,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.15.1"
@@ -740,6 +774,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -749,6 +799,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 25482d4..72e38de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ thiserror   = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
 [dev-dependencies]
 # crates.io
 const-hex  = { version = "1.16" }
-criterion  = { version = "0.6" }
+criterion  = { version = "0.8" }
 faster-hex = { version = "0.10" }
 hex_crate  = { package = "hex", version = "0.4" }
 rustc-hex  = { version = "2.1" }