diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a737a05462..669598ff6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -995,18 +995,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clap"
-version = "3.2.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "clap_lex 0.2.4",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "textwrap",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.18"
@@ -1025,7 +1013,7 @@ checksum = "4d72166dd41634086d5803a47eb71ae740e61d84709c36f3c34110173db3961b"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "clap_lex 0.7.1",
+ "clap_lex",
  "strsim 0.11.1",
 ]
 
@@ -1035,7 +1023,7 @@ version = "4.5.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8937760c3f4c60871870b8c3ee5f9b30771f792a7045c48bcbba999d7d6b3b8e"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1044,7 +1032,7 @@ version = "4.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d494102c8ff3951810c72baf96910b980fb065ca5d3101243e6a8dc19747c86b"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "clap_complete",
 ]
 
@@ -1060,15 +1048,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
-dependencies = [
- "os_str_bytes",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1417,32 +1396,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "criterion"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7c76e09c1aae2bc52b3d2f29e13c6572553b30c4aa1b8a49fd70de6412654cb"
-dependencies = [
- "anes",
- "atty",
- "cast",
- "ciborium",
- "clap 3.2.25",
- "criterion-plot",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
- "lazy_static",
- "num-traits",
- "oorandom",
- "plotters",
- "rayon",
- "regex",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "tinytemplate",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -1452,7 +1405,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anes",
  "cast",
  "ciborium",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "criterion-plot",
  "is-terminal",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
@@ -2320,7 +2273,7 @@ name = "explorer-api"
 version = "1.1.40"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "dotenvy",
  "humantime-serde",
  "isocountry",
@@ -4233,7 +4186,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bloomfilter",
  "bs58",
  "cfg-if",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "console-subscriber",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cw-utils",
@@ -4354,7 +4307,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bs58",
  "bytes",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "defguard_wireguard_rs",
  "fastrand 2.1.1",
  "futures",
@@ -4432,7 +4385,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-bin-common"
 version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_complete_fig",
  "const-str",
@@ -4474,7 +4427,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bip39",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_complete_fig",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -4500,7 +4453,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bip39",
  "bs58",
  "cfg-if",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "colored",
  "comfy-table",
  "cosmrs 0.17.0-pre",
@@ -4552,7 +4505,7 @@ name = "nym-client"
 version = "1.1.41"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "dirs 5.0.1",
  "futures",
  "log",
@@ -4592,7 +4545,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bs58",
  "cfg-if",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "comfy-table",
  "futures",
  "gloo-timers",
@@ -4732,7 +4685,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bls12_381",
  "bs58",
- "criterion 0.4.0",
+ "criterion",
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "doc-comment",
  "ff",
@@ -4781,7 +4734,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bls12_381",
  "bs58",
  "cfg-if",
- "criterion 0.5.1",
+ "criterion",
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "ff",
  "group",
@@ -5003,7 +4956,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "bls12_381",
  "bs58",
- "criterion 0.4.0",
+ "criterion",
  "ff",
  "group",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -5118,7 +5071,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bip39",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "colored",
  "dashmap",
  "defguard_wireguard_rs",
@@ -5322,7 +5275,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-credential-storage",
  "nym-id",
@@ -5364,7 +5317,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bs58",
  "bytes",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "etherparse",
  "futures",
  "log",
@@ -5461,7 +5414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.7.7",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "colored",
  "cupid",
  "dirs 5.0.1",
@@ -5562,7 +5515,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.7.7",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "dashmap",
  "futures",
  "log",
@@ -5594,7 +5547,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "dirs 5.0.1",
  "futures",
  "humantime-serde",
@@ -5646,7 +5599,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
  "celes",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "colored",
  "cupid",
  "humantime-serde",
@@ -5793,7 +5746,7 @@ name = "nym-nr-query"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "log",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-network-defaults",
@@ -5819,7 +5772,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "chacha20",
  "chacha20poly1305",
- "criterion 0.4.0",
+ "criterion",
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.3",
  "fastrand 2.1.1",
  "getrandom",
@@ -5931,7 +5884,7 @@ name = "nym-socks5-client"
 version = "1.1.41"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "log",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-client-core",
@@ -6350,7 +6303,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bip39",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "futures",
  "humantime 2.1.0",
@@ -6460,7 +6413,7 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "dotenvy",
  "flate2",
  "futures",
@@ -6682,12 +6635,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "os_str_bytes"
-version = "6.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2355d85b9a3786f481747ced0e0ff2ba35213a1f9bd406ed906554d7af805a1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -8625,7 +8572,7 @@ name = "ssl-inject"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "hex",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -9041,7 +8988,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bip39",
  "bs58",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "console",
  "cw-utils",
  "dkg-bypass-contract",
@@ -9073,12 +9020,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23d434d3f8967a09480fb04132ebe0a3e088c173e6d0ee7897abbdf4eab0f8b9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.64"
@@ -9856,7 +9797,7 @@ checksum = "21345172d31092fd48c47fd56c53d4ae9e41c4b1f559fb8c38c1ab1685fd919f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "uniffi_bindgen",
  "uniffi_build",
  "uniffi_core",
@@ -9873,7 +9814,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "askama",
  "camino",
  "cargo_metadata 0.15.4",
- "clap 4.5.18",
+ "clap",
  "fs-err",
  "glob",
  "goblin",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab9b668e93..b29d00f897 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ console-subscriber = "0.1.1"
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"
 const-str = "0.5.6"
 const_format = "0.2.33"
-criterion = "0.4"
+criterion = "0.5"
 csv = "1.3.0"
 ctr = "0.9.1"
 cupid = "0.6.1"