diff --git a/Cargo.lock.msrv b/Cargo.lock.msrv
index 043f11775f..bf15ecb24d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock.msrv
+++ b/Cargo.lock.msrv
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "benches"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "criterion",
+ "criterion-cycles-per-byte",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_distr",
+ "rand_pcg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bincode"
 version = "1.3.3"
@@ -191,6 +203,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-cycles-per-byte"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5281161544b8f2397e14942c2045efa3446470348121a65c37263f8e76c1e2ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "criterion",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion-plot"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -579,21 +600,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core",
  "rand_pcg",
  "rayon",
- "rayon-core",
  "serde",
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_benches"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "criterion",
- "rand",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_pcg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10ff97c919..48f8719e29 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,4 +77,3 @@ rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1" }
 # Only to test serde1
 bincode = "1.2.1"
 rayon = "1.7"
-rayon-core = "1.11"