diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4830e25..37b0719c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-bellperson = "0.17.0"
+bellperson = "0.18.0"
 blake2s_simd = "0.5"
 blstrs = "0.4.0"
 byteorder = "1"
diff --git a/gbench/Cargo.toml b/gbench/Cargo.toml
index 84686596..a5b21f90 100644
--- a/gbench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gbench/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-bellperson = "0.17.0"
+bellperson = "0.18.0"
 blake2s_simd = "0.5"
 byteorder = "1"
 env_logger = "0.7.1"