diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c00dd7f7..8d6b144e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ backtrace = {version = "0.3", optional = true}
 dusk-cdf = {version = "0.5", optional = true}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.3"
 tempdir = "0.3"
 rand = "0.8"
 rkyv = {version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["size_32"]}