diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
index 53d7847108..2d25ac7933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check
+        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.11.2
 
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         run: |
diff --git a/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index ae198db3d9..0b9db7ebb3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ otel_unstable = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 opentelemetry_sdk = { path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" } # for documentation tests
-criterion = { version = "0.4", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.3" }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "noop_metrics"