diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 35f095a19e231..75e89d42c3280 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[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"
@@ -2920,10 +2929,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e1c047a62b0cc3e145fa84415a3191f628e980b194c2755aa12300a4e6cbd928"
+checksum = "950046b2aa2492f9a536f5f4f9a3de7b9e2476e575e05bd6c333371add4d98f3"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloca",
  "anes",
  "cast",
  "ciborium",
@@ -2932,6 +2942,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "num-traits",
  "oorandom",
+ "page_size",
  "plotters",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
@@ -2944,9 +2955,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion-plot"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b1bcc0dc7dfae599d84ad0b1a55f80cde8af3725da8313b528da95ef783e338"
+checksum = "d8d80a2f4f5b554395e47b5d8305bc3d27813bacb73493eb1001e8f76dae29ea"
 dependencies = [
  "cast",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
@@ -7708,6 +7719,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width 0.1.13",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cfdf70ae5530..ed8631a6d1e94 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.60", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "er
 clap_complete = "4.5.66"
 colored = { version = "3.1.1", default-features = false }
 const-str = { version = "1.1.0", default-features = false }
+criterion = "0.8"
 crossbeam-utils = { version = "0.8.21", default-features = false }
 darling = { version = "0.20.11", default-features = false, features = ["suggestions"] }
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", default-features = false }
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ approx = "0.5.1"
 assert_cmd = { version = "2.0.17", default-features = false }
 aws-smithy-runtime = { version = "1.8.3", default-features = false, features = ["tls-rustls"] }
 base64 = "0.22.1"
-criterion = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["html_reports", "async_tokio"] }
+criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["html_reports", "async_tokio"] }
 itertools.workspace = true
 libc.workspace = true
 mock_instant.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/dnsmsg-parser/Cargo.toml b/lib/dnsmsg-parser/Cargo.toml
index 9861bd93718a8..b392579014ef1 100644
--- a/lib/dnsmsg-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/dnsmsg-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ hickory-proto.workspace = true
 snafu.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.7"
+criterion.workspace = true
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/lib/tracing-limit/Cargo.toml b/lib/tracing-limit/Cargo.toml
index 2308c8ce81084..ba52c12fdea99 100644
--- a/lib/tracing-limit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/tracing-limit/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["registry", "std"] }
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.7"
+criterion.workspace = true
 mock_instant.workspace = true
 serial_test.workspace = true
 tracing = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/lib/vector-buffers/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-buffers/Cargo.toml
index 9f712b573af9b..04ad96436baf1 100644
--- a/lib/vector-buffers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-buffers/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ordered-float.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap.workspace = true
-criterion = { version = "0.7", features = ["html_reports", "async_tokio"] }
+criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["html_reports", "async_tokio"] }
 crossbeam-queue = "0.3.12"
 hdrhistogram = "7.5.4"
 metrics-tracing-context.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
index f36a5944c3ea5..a7e33377bc09c 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ prost-build.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 base64 = "0.22.1"
 chrono-tz.workspace = true
-criterion = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["html_reports"] }
 env-test-util = "1.0.1"
 quickcheck.workspace = true
 quickcheck_macros = "1"