diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f9c94a..c96b4d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ futures-lite = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"]
 async-channel = "2.0.0"
 async-io = "2.1.0"
 async-lock = "3.0.0"
-criterion = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["cargo_bench_support"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["cargo_bench_support"] }
 easy-parallel = "3.1.0"
 fastrand = "2.0.0"
 futures-lite = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/benches/executor.rs b/benches/executor.rs
index 42fedbd..5fc140f 100644
--- a/benches/executor.rs
+++ b/benches/executor.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#![allow(clippy::incompatible_msrv)] // false positive: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/12257#issuecomment-2093667187
+
+use std::hint::black_box;
 use std::mem;
 use std::thread::available_parallelism;
 
@@ -380,9 +383,7 @@ fn running_benches(c: &mut Criterion) {
                                                     let (resp_send, resp_recv) =
                                                         async_channel::bounded(1);
                                                     db_send.send(resp_send).await.unwrap();
-                                                    criterion::black_box(
-                                                        resp_recv.recv().await.unwrap(),
-                                                    );
+                                                    black_box(resp_recv.recv().await.unwrap());
                                                 }
 
                                                 // Send the data back...
@@ -461,9 +462,7 @@ fn running_benches(c: &mut Criterion) {
                                                     let (resp_send, resp_recv) =
                                                         async_channel::bounded(1);
                                                     db_send.send(resp_send).await.unwrap();
-                                                    criterion::black_box(
-                                                        resp_recv.recv().await.unwrap(),
-                                                    );
+                                                    black_box(resp_recv.recv().await.unwrap());
                                                 }
 
                                                 // Send the data back...