diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0269bff..52abff7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "as-slice",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloca"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5a7d05ea6aea7e9e64d25b9156ba2fee3fdd659e34e41063cd2fc7cd020d7f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -2011,25 +2020,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+checksum = "950046b2aa2492f9a536f5f4f9a3de7b9e2476e575e05bd6c333371add4d98f3"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloca",
  "anes",
  "cast",
  "ciborium",
  "clap",
  "criterion-plot",
- "is-terminal",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "num-traits",
- "once_cell",
  "oorandom",
+ "page_size",
  "plotters",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "serde",
- "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "tinytemplate",
  "walkdir",
@@ -2037,12 +2045,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion-plot"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+checksum = "d8d80a2f4f5b554395e47b5d8305bc3d27813bacb73493eb1001e8f76dae29ea"
 dependencies = [
  "cast",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4207,32 +4215,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "is-terminal"
-version = "0.4.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3640c1c38b8e4e43584d8df18be5fc6b0aa314ce6ebf51b53313d4306cca8e46"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
 
-[[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 = "0.12.1"
@@ -5320,6 +5308,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/crates/aingle_ai/Cargo.toml b/crates/aingle_ai/Cargo.toml
index 3dd1334..733bbbb 100644
--- a/crates/aingle_ai/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aingle_ai/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ version = "0.4"
 optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full", "test-util"] }
 tempfile = "3"
 
diff --git a/crates/aingle_graph/Cargo.toml b/crates/aingle_graph/Cargo.toml
index 9d6e6f5..2799461 100644
--- a/crates/aingle_graph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aingle_graph/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ rio_api = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 tempfile = "3.26"
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/crates/aingle_minimal/Cargo.toml b/crates/aingle_minimal/Cargo.toml
index f4a4aa6..24aa7f3 100644
--- a/crates/aingle_minimal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aingle_minimal/Cargo.toml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ tiny_http = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Testing
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "aingle-minimal"
diff --git a/crates/aingle_zk/Cargo.toml b/crates/aingle_zk/Cargo.toml
index 42cdd25..fc3f137 100644
--- a/crates/aingle_zk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aingle_zk/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ subtle = "2"
 hex = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "zk_benchmarks"
diff --git a/crates/ineru/Cargo.toml b/crates/ineru/Cargo.toml
index 42be4db..750ab57 100644
--- a/crates/ineru/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ineru/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.32", default-features = false, features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "memory_bench"
diff --git a/crates/kaneru/Cargo.toml b/crates/kaneru/Cargo.toml
index 58de0ed..957a9af 100644
--- a/crates/kaneru/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kaneru/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["std", "thread_r
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5"
+criterion = "0.8"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "agent_bench"