diff --git a/sprs-benches/Cargo.toml b/sprs-benches/Cargo.toml
index b122451a..aaad3fd2 100644
--- a/sprs-benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sprs-benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["auto-initialize"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.0.52"
-reqwest = { version="0.12.7", features=["blocking"], optional=true }
+reqwest = { version="0.13.2", features=["blocking"], optional=true }
 tar = { version="0.4.26", optional=true }
 libflate = { version="2.1.0", optional=true }