diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a4a43628..f2e9744d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,42 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test
         run: |
           bash examples/test.sh
+
+  benchmark:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry
+            ~/.cargo/git
+            target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}-1
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        run: |
+          rustup update ${{ matrix.rust }} --no-self-update
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - name: Run benchmark test
+        run: |
+          bash benchmarks/benchmark_ci.sh
+
+  checks-pass:
+    # Always run this job!
+    if: always()
+    needs: [build, examples, benchmark]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: check build result
+        if: ${{ needs.build.result != 'success' }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: check examples result
+        if: ${{ needs.examples.result != 'success' }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: check benchmark result
+        if: ${{ needs.benchmark.result != 'success' }}
+        run: exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 157d683b..64891b6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88f6eec0ae850e006ef0fe306f362884d370624094ec55a6a26de18b251774be"
+checksum = "465c1ce01d8089ee5b49ba20d3a9da15a28bba64c35cdff2aa256d37e319625d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "binread",
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid_derive"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "158403ea38fab5904ae47a5d67eb7047650a91681407f5ccbcbcabc4f4ffb489"
+checksum = "201ea498d901add0822653ac94cb0f8a92f9b1758a5273f4dafbb6673c9a5020"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ac532d2f..0932bc70 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-candid = "0.9.5"
+candid = "0.9.11"
 ic-cdk = "0.10.0"
 ic-cdk-macros = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/benchmark-canisters/src/memory_manager.rs b/benchmark-canisters/src/memory_manager.rs
index 383ba7f8..22f95257 100644
--- a/benchmark-canisters/src/memory_manager.rs
+++ b/benchmark-canisters/src/memory_manager.rs
@@ -56,3 +56,19 @@ pub fn memory_manager_overhead() -> BenchResult {
         }
     })
 }
+
+/// Benchmarks the `MemoryManager`'s `grow` method.
+#[ic_cdk_macros::query]
+pub fn memory_manager_grow() -> BenchResult {
+    let mem_mgr = MemoryManager::init_with_bucket_size(DefaultMemoryImpl::default(), 1);
+
+    let buckets_per_memory = 32000;
+
+    let memory = mem_mgr.get(MemoryId::new(0));
+
+    crate::benchmark(|| {
+        for _ in 0..buckets_per_memory {
+            memory.grow(1);
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark.rs b/benchmarks/benchmark.rs
index 4b22127d..e901e4c0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
         // MemoryManager benchmarks
         "memory_manager_baseline",
         "memory_manager_overhead",
+        "memory_manager_grow",
 
         // BTree benchmarks
         "btreemap_insert_10mib_values",
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark_ci.sh b/benchmarks/benchmark_ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7f0823a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eexuo pipefail
+
+BENCH_OUTPUT=$(cargo bench)
+
+set +e
+REGRESSIONS=$( echo "$BENCH_OUTPUT" |  grep -c "regressed by" )
+set -e
+
+if [[ $REGRESSIONS != 0 ]]; then
+  echo "FAIL! Performance regressions are detected. 
+        Please run \"cargo bench -- --persist\" to update \"results.yml\""
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "SUCCESS! Performance regressions are not detected."
diff --git a/benchmarks/results.yml b/benchmarks/results.yml
index d8957edf..288304b4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/results.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/results.yml
@@ -1,436 +1,440 @@
 btreemap_get_blob_128_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1036492848
-    node_load_v1: 841594727
+    instructions: 1006573538
+    node_load_v1: 832328557
     stable_memory_size: 261
 btreemap_get_blob_128_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1141645046
-    node_load_v2: 934916254
+    instructions: 1123805990
+    node_load_v2: 938155476
     stable_memory_size: 196
 btreemap_get_blob_16_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 554418274
-    node_load_v1: 385854486
+    instructions: 487229806
+    node_load_v1: 339804418
     stable_memory_size: 216
 btreemap_get_blob_16_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 638707284
-    node_load_v2: 465108651
+    instructions: 583474971
+    node_load_v2: 430852270
     stable_memory_size: 162
 btreemap_get_blob_256_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1524044018
-    node_load_v1: 1303981210
+    instructions: 1510660940
+    node_load_v1: 1309093774
     stable_memory_size: 293
 btreemap_get_blob_256_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1629850230
-    node_load_v2: 1394151407
+    instructions: 1626341678
+    node_load_v2: 1410845462
     stable_memory_size: 220
 btreemap_get_blob_32_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 592168259
-    node_load_v1: 412494322
+    instructions: 534895222
+    node_load_v1: 378516147
     stable_memory_size: 231
 btreemap_get_blob_32_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 681076638
-    node_load_v2: 496647939
+    instructions: 633048491
+    node_load_v2: 471574348
     stable_memory_size: 174
 btreemap_get_blob_4_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 404326079
-    node_load_v1: 263154177
+    instructions: 355650535
+    node_load_v1: 231720942
     stable_memory_size: 124
 btreemap_get_blob_4_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 482401308
-    node_load_v2: 331326661
+    instructions: 446660432
+    node_load_v2: 313869359
     stable_memory_size: 93
 btreemap_get_blob_512_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2489665479
-    node_load_v1: 2221220570
+    instructions: 2506597898
+    node_load_v1: 2251570705
     stable_memory_size: 352
 btreemap_get_blob_512_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2597665998
-    node_load_v2: 2313508444
+    instructions: 2625838052
+    node_load_v2: 2356816367
     stable_memory_size: 264
 btreemap_get_blob_64_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 815072508
-    node_load_v1: 629854103
+    instructions: 780061526
+    node_load_v1: 616669297
     stable_memory_size: 246
 btreemap_get_blob_64_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 904428083
-    node_load_v2: 709898451
+    instructions: 878745163
+    node_load_v2: 706540951
     stable_memory_size: 184
 btreemap_get_blob_8_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 473946591
-    node_load_v1: 306139149
+    instructions: 406432578
+    node_load_v1: 259168629
     stable_memory_size: 184
 btreemap_get_blob_8_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 550538004
-    node_load_v2: 372248435
+    instructions: 493282925
+    node_load_v2: 336415667
     stable_memory_size: 139
 btreemap_get_blob_8_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 426573085
-    node_load_v1: 296477748
+    instructions: 368106593
+    node_load_v1: 253569163
     stable_memory_size: 7
 btreemap_get_blob_8_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 524539438
-    node_load_v2: 383993056
+    instructions: 466009078
+    node_load_v2: 345475118
     stable_memory_size: 5
 btreemap_get_u64_blob_8:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 408377288
-    node_load_v1: 292507322
+    instructions: 351156467
+    node_load_v1: 250986516
     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_get_u64_blob_8_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 477717380
-    node_load_v2: 354588536
+    instructions: 413554294
+    node_load_v2: 309705639
     stable_memory_size: 6
 btreemap_get_u64_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 411553460
-    node_load_v1: 291036337
+    instructions: 353621464
+    node_load_v1: 249502481
     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_get_u64_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 489803504
-    node_load_v2: 359046114
+    instructions: 422146359
+    node_load_v2: 312364993
     stable_memory_size: 7
 btreemap_insert_10mib_values:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 153916996
-    node_load_v2: 10524604
-    node_save_v2: 121610529
+    instructions: 107942355
+    node_load_v2: 10057317
+    node_save_v2: 77823608
     stable_memory_size: 33
 btreemap_insert_blob_128_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1728083375
-    node_load_v1: 820967230
-    node_save_v1: 424336331
+    instructions: 1577091213
+    node_load_v1: 812526962
+    node_save_v1: 301462572
     stable_memory_size: 261
 btreemap_insert_blob_128_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1887438503
-    node_load_v2: 917898123
-    node_save_v2: 473030261
+    instructions: 1726441521
+    node_load_v2: 925130424
+    node_save_v2: 322015815
     stable_memory_size: 196
 btreemap_insert_blob_16_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1175284821
-    node_load_v1: 364931829
-    node_save_v1: 403232566
+    instructions: 992366717
+    node_load_v1: 322073344
+    node_save_v1: 291094888
     stable_memory_size: 216
 btreemap_insert_blob_16_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1297189840
-    node_load_v2: 441604445
-    node_save_v2: 450799265
+    instructions: 1108674244
+    node_load_v2: 419541518
+    node_save_v2: 310638874
     stable_memory_size: 162
 btreemap_insert_blob_256_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2253581857
-    node_load_v1: 1274264944
-    node_save_v1: 429936500
+    instructions: 2114284649
+    node_load_v1: 1278881721
+    node_save_v1: 300728644
     stable_memory_size: 293
 btreemap_insert_blob_256_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2418048329
-    node_load_v2: 1370054185
-    node_save_v2: 478611131
+    instructions: 2273386999
+    node_load_v2: 1395147359
+    node_save_v2: 321544817
     stable_memory_size: 220
 btreemap_insert_blob_32_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1222438436
-    node_load_v1: 392818595
-    node_save_v1: 415591575
+    instructions: 1041724177
+    node_load_v1: 358626551
+    node_save_v1: 298295476
     stable_memory_size: 231
 btreemap_insert_blob_32_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1347651855
-    node_load_v2: 478839969
-    node_save_v2: 463457239
+    instructions: 1156895178
+    node_load_v2: 459271136
+    node_save_v2: 316798162
     stable_memory_size: 174
 btreemap_insert_blob_4_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 938801513
-    node_load_v1: 249902009
-    node_save_v1: 369888833
+    instructions: 772106359
+    node_load_v1: 212848724
+    node_save_v1: 267119730
     stable_memory_size: 124
 btreemap_insert_blob_4_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1034858980
-    node_load_v2: 303990014
-    node_save_v2: 412472844
+    instructions: 862904908
+    node_load_v2: 286322995
+    node_save_v2: 284380143
     stable_memory_size: 93
 btreemap_insert_blob_512_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 3304579238
-    node_load_v1: 2164221161
-    node_save_v1: 447224687
+    instructions: 3195541992
+    node_load_v1: 2200910325
+    node_save_v1: 306828402
     stable_memory_size: 352
 btreemap_insert_blob_512_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 3441055298
-    node_load_v2: 2251075024
-    node_save_v2: 495817725
+    instructions: 3317431106
+    node_load_v2: 2302979370
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     stable_memory_size: 264
 btreemap_insert_blob_64_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1461955565
-    node_load_v1: 598055576
-    node_save_v1: 418506217
+    instructions: 1305958991
+    node_load_v1: 584672643
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     stable_memory_size: 246
 btreemap_insert_blob_64_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1608231357
-    node_load_v2: 693480323
-    node_save_v2: 466915682
+    instructions: 1439210453
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     stable_memory_size: 184
 btreemap_insert_blob_8_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1082429287
-    node_load_v1: 288373408
-    node_save_v1: 394091363
+    instructions: 905706875
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     stable_memory_size: 184
 btreemap_insert_blob_8_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1185459001
-    node_load_v2: 346301469
-    node_save_v2: 440144216
+    instructions: 1002633716
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     stable_memory_size: 139
 btreemap_insert_blob_8_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 678191751
-    node_load_v1: 281156599
-    node_save_v1: 186568536
+    instructions: 589493749
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     stable_memory_size: 7
 btreemap_insert_blob_8_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 796895423
-    node_load_v2: 348902427
-    node_save_v2: 237301444
+    instructions: 697133799
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     stable_memory_size: 5
 btreemap_insert_u64_blob_8:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 740393452
-    node_load_v1: 276721774
-    node_save_v1: 256838739
+    instructions: 611656296
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     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_insert_u64_blob_8_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 832660221
-    node_load_v2: 332110696
-    node_save_v2: 296065090
+    instructions: 679823522
+    node_load_v2: 294338080
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     stable_memory_size: 6
 btreemap_insert_u64_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 756415522
-    node_load_v1: 271685362
-    node_save_v1: 266589945
+    instructions: 627664728
+    node_load_v1: 234409394
+    node_save_v1: 211208718
     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_insert_u64_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 854388312
-    node_load_v2: 332160444
-    node_save_v2: 305568940
+    instructions: 703623870
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     stable_memory_size: 7
 btreemap_remove_blob_128_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2234896023
-    node_load_v1: 925140798
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     stable_memory_size: 261
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   measurements:
-    instructions: 2438262123
-    node_load_v2: 1030690836
-    node_save_v2: 817765611
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     stable_memory_size: 196
 btreemap_remove_blob_16_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1543425658
-    node_load_v1: 422708266
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   measurements:
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     stable_memory_size: 162
 btreemap_remove_blob_256_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 2837558812
-    node_load_v1: 1424257338
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     stable_memory_size: 293
 btreemap_remove_blob_256_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 3043582992
-    node_load_v2: 1529753149
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     stable_memory_size: 220
 btreemap_remove_blob_32_1024:
   measurements:
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-    node_load_v1: 446089231
-    node_save_v1: 680680401
+    instructions: 1324817959
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+    node_save_v1: 492234126
     stable_memory_size: 231
 btreemap_remove_blob_32_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1809708985
-    node_load_v2: 547069086
-    node_save_v2: 777087499
+    instructions: 1476050369
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     stable_memory_size: 174
 btreemap_remove_blob_4_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1007752822
-    node_load_v1: 273336525
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+    instructions: 807721649
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     stable_memory_size: 124
 btreemap_remove_blob_4_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1126985969
-    node_load_v2: 335787632
-    node_save_v2: 479866306
+    instructions: 913517563
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     stable_memory_size: 93
 btreemap_remove_blob_512_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 4122610417
-    node_load_v1: 2444088137
-    node_save_v1: 764541981
+    instructions: 3867652464
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     stable_memory_size: 352
 btreemap_remove_blob_512_1024_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 4336724956
-    node_load_v2: 2552639967
-    node_save_v2: 867403999
+    instructions: 4041285449
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     stable_memory_size: 264
 btreemap_remove_blob_64_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1915399650
-    node_load_v1: 677968350
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+    instructions: 1639040548
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     stable_memory_size: 246
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   measurements:
-    instructions: 2115847476
-    node_load_v2: 784399427
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     stable_memory_size: 184
 btreemap_remove_blob_8_1024:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1298743070
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     stable_memory_size: 184
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   measurements:
-    instructions: 1438952709
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+    node_load_v2: 359148126
+    node_save_v2: 441289916
     stable_memory_size: 139
 btreemap_remove_blob_8_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 902063103
-    node_load_v1: 320925615
-    node_save_v1: 301798231
+    instructions: 756190189
+    node_load_v1: 271109869
+    node_save_v1: 258955340
     stable_memory_size: 7
 btreemap_remove_blob_8_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1086883574
-    node_load_v2: 408809674
-    node_save_v2: 393123341
+    instructions: 902070967
+    node_load_v2: 371425008
+    node_save_v2: 300237913
     stable_memory_size: 5
 btreemap_remove_u64_blob_8:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1073130645
-    node_load_v1: 314124252
-    node_save_v1: 459748260
+    instructions: 846321611
+    node_load_v1: 263317086
+    node_save_v1: 354096302
     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_remove_u64_blob_8_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1218013583
-    node_load_v2: 379454454
-    node_save_v2: 533196738
+    instructions: 935942012
+    node_load_v2: 329460173
+    node_save_v2: 373120565
     stable_memory_size: 6
 btreemap_remove_u64_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1110523046
-    node_load_v1: 314495794
-    node_save_v1: 485183169
+    instructions: 874256488
+    node_load_v1: 264707458
+    node_save_v1: 370018389
     stable_memory_size: 8
 btreemap_remove_u64_u64_v2:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1271869109
-    node_load_v2: 387460876
-    node_save_v2: 566512955
+    instructions: 976419924
+    node_load_v2: 337138522
+    node_save_v2: 394608862
     stable_memory_size: 7
 memory_manager_baseline:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1176576551
+    instructions: 1144
     stable_memory_size: 8000
+memory_manager_grow:
+  measurements:
+    instructions: 287018881
+    stable_memory_size: 32001
 memory_manager_overhead:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 1182012269
+    instructions: 4605248
     stable_memory_size: 8321
 vec_get_blob_128:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 25331980
+    instructions: 22055455
     stable_memory_size: 20
 vec_get_blob_16:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 14914959
+    instructions: 11055138
     stable_memory_size: 3
 vec_get_blob_32:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 15584015
+    instructions: 11849080
     stable_memory_size: 6
 vec_get_blob_4:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 10027133
+    instructions: 6830239
     stable_memory_size: 1
 vec_get_blob_8:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 11988806
+    instructions: 8222880
     stable_memory_size: 2
 vec_get_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 11540290
+    instructions: 7450346
     stable_memory_size: 2
 vec_insert_blob_128:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 6109513
+    instructions: 4942837
     stable_memory_size: 20
 vec_insert_blob_16:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 5186050
+    instructions: 4880610
     stable_memory_size: 3
 vec_insert_blob_32:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 5394984
+    instructions: 4941003
     stable_memory_size: 6
 vec_insert_blob_4:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 5187495
+    instructions: 4940348
     stable_memory_size: 1
 vec_insert_blob_8:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 5216814
+    instructions: 4940479
     stable_memory_size: 2
 vec_insert_u64:
   measurements:
-    instructions: 12149357
+    instructions: 7600479
     stable_memory_size: 2
diff --git a/benchmarks/run-benchmark.sh b/benchmarks/run-benchmark.sh
index 0a0f0d49..8fffe495 100755
--- a/benchmarks/run-benchmark.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/run-benchmark.sh
@@ -6,18 +6,43 @@ set -euo pipefail
 BENCH_NAME=$1
 FILE=$(mktemp)
 
-if ! type "drun" > /dev/null; then
-  echo "drun is not installed. Please add drun to your path from commit d35535c96184be039aaa31f68b48bbe45909494e."
-  exit 1
-fi
+DRUN_LINUX_SHA="7bf08d5f1c1a7cd44f62c03f8554f07aa2430eb3ae81c7c0a143a68ff52dc7f7"
+DRUN_MAC_SHA="57b506d05a6f42f7461198f79f648ad05434c72f3904834db2ced30853d01a62"
+DRUN_RELEASE_URL_PREFIX="https://github.com/dfinity/ic/releases/download/release-2023-09-27_23-01%2Bquic/drun-x86_64-"
 
-cat > $FILE << EOF
+download_drun(){
+  OS=$1
+  wget -O "drun.gz" "${DRUN_RELEASE_URL_PREFIX}${OS}.gz"
+  gzip -fd drun.gz
+  chmod +x drun
+}
+
+get_correct_drun_release() {
+  OS=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+  
+  # Check if drun exists in the current repository.
+  if ! [ -e "drun" ]; then
+    download_drun "$OS"
+  else 
+    DRUN_SHA=$(shasum -a 256 "drun" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+    # Check if drun exists and if the correct version is used.
+    if ! [[ "$OS" == "linux" && "$DRUN_SHA" == "$DRUN_LINUX_SHA" ]]; then
+      if ! [[ "$OS" == "darwin" && "$DRUN_SHA" == "$DRUN_MAC_SHA" ]]; then
+        download_drun "$OS"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+get_correct_drun_release
+
+cat > "$FILE" << EOF
 create
 install rwlgt-iiaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-cai ../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/benchmarks.wasm ""
 query rwlgt-iiaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-cai ${BENCH_NAME} "DIDL\x00\x00"
 EOF
 
 # Run the benchmarks, decode the output.
-drun $FILE --instruction-limit 99999999999999 \
+./drun $FILE --instruction-limit 99999999999999 \
     | awk '{ print $3 }' \
     | grep "44.*" -o
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 7f0f6ff2..761821ab 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88f6eec0ae850e006ef0fe306f362884d370624094ec55a6a26de18b251774be"
+checksum = "465c1ce01d8089ee5b49ba20d3a9da15a28bba64c35cdff2aa256d37e319625d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "binread",
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid_derive"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "158403ea38fab5904ae47a5d67eb7047650a91681407f5ccbcbcabc4f4ffb489"
+checksum = "201ea498d901add0822653ac94cb0f8a92f9b1758a5273f4dafbb6673c9a5020"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 86df5131..2c2cd57f 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-candid = "0.9.5"
+candid = "0.9.11"
 ic-cdk = "0.10.0"
 ic-cdk-macros = "0.7.1"