diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d17a0872287b61650911e65efc683d701b5d17b6..c30b05a23028ad2aa71bcac21e5eb49f4cecdfe1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,22 +7,23 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
-ark-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
 ark-ec = "0.4.2"
 ark-ff = "0.4.2"
 ark-poly = "0.4.2"
 ark-serialize = "0.4.2"
 ark-std = "0.4.0"
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
-indicatif = "0.17.8"
-plnk = { git = "https://gitlab.isae-supaero.fr/a.stevan/plnk", tag = "0.7.0", version = "0.7.0" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
 rs_merkle = "1.4.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.50"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
+# `main.rs` dependencies
+ark-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
+indicatif = "0.17.8"
+plnk = { git = "https://gitlab.isae-supaero.fr/a.stevan/plnk", tag = "0.7.0", version = "0.7.0" }
 # all the curve dependencies below are used by the `curves` example
 ark-bls12-377 = "0.4.0"
 ark-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ ark-secp256r1 = "0.4.0"
 ark-secp384r1 = "0.4.0"
 ark-secq256k1 = "0.4.0"
 ark-vesta = "0.4.0"
-criterion = "0.3"
 
 [[example]]
 name = "bench_commit"