diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48bd4db..f7706e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 dirs = "5.0"
 
 # Development and testing
-criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.7", features = ["html_reports"] }
 tempfile = "3.8"
 
 # New dependencies (removed external validation libs)