diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 18cbe6018..a8ef38be4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bellpepper-core = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
 bellpepper = { git="https://github.com/argumentcomputer/bellpepper", branch="dev", default-features = false }
 ff = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["derive"] }
 digest = "0.10"
-halo2curves = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["bits", "derive_serde"] }
+halo2curves = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["bits", "derive_serde"] }
 sha3 = "0.10"
 rayon = "1.7"
 rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ abomonation_derive = { version = "0.1.0", package = "abomonation_derive_ng" }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
-itertools = "0.13.0" # zip_eq
+itertools = "0.14.0" # zip_eq
 rand = "0.8.5"
 ref-cast = "1.0.20" # allocation-less conversion in multilinear polys
 derive_more = "0.99.17" # lightens impl macros for pasta
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ getrandom = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["js"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 proptest = "1.2.0"
-pprof = { version = "0.13", optional = true } # in benches under feature "flamegraph"
+pprof = { version = "0.14", optional = true } # in benches under feature "flamegraph"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }