diff --git a/plotters-bitmap/Cargo.toml b/plotters-bitmap/Cargo.toml
index 6a48bc08..ffe50483 100644
--- a/plotters-bitmap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plotters-bitmap/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ features = ["ttf", "line_series", "bitmap_backend"]
 path = "../plotters"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.3.6"
+criterion = "0.4.0"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/plotters/Cargo.toml b/plotters/Cargo.toml
index 675bdd52..50d164ad 100644
--- a/plotters/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plotters/Cargo.toml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ deprecated_items = [] # Keep some of the deprecated items for backward compatibi
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 itertools = "0.10.0"
-criterion = "0.3.6"
+criterion = "0.4.0"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.82"
 serde = "1.0.139"