diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 071ecda09..26f6f7ff0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "685a7d121ee3f65ae4fddd72b25a04bb36b6af81bc0828f7d5434c0fe60fa3a2"
+checksum = "d2b099aaa34a9751c5bf0878add70444e1ed2dd73f347be99003d4577277de6e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.32"
+version = "0.38.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "65e04861e65f21776e67888bfbea442b3642beaa0138fdb1dd7a84a52dffdb89"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
diff --git a/Makefile.toml b/Makefile.toml
index e270a0a69..0df9a2811 100644
--- a/Makefile.toml
+++ b/Makefile.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ args = ["build", "--no-default-features", "--target", "wasm32-unknown-unknown",
 description = "Run all available transaction benchmarks"
 workspace = false
 command = "cargo"
-args = ["run", "--bin", "bench-tx"]
+args = ["run", "--bin", "bench-tx", "--features", "std"]
 
 # --- utilities -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [tasks.watch]
diff --git a/bench-tx/Cargo.toml b/bench-tx/Cargo.toml
index 97063312f..d3e0db43d 100644
--- a/bench-tx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bench-tx/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ exclude.workspace = true
 [[bin]]
 name = "bench-tx"
 path = "src/main.rs"
+required-features = ["std"]
+
+[features]
+std = ["mock/std"]
 
 [dependencies]
 miden-lib = { package = "miden-lib", path = "../miden-lib", version = "0.3" }
 miden-objects = { package = "miden-objects", path = "../objects", version = "0.3" }
 miden-tx = { package = "miden-tx", path = "../miden-tx", version = "0.3" }
-mock = { package = "miden-mock", path = "../mock", features = ["std"] }
+mock = { package = "miden-mock", path = "../mock", features = ["std"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { package = "serde_json", version = "1.0" }
 vm-processor = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/bench-tx/src/bench-tx.json b/bench-tx/src/bench-tx.json
index 440518746..d665e4734 100644
--- a/bench-tx/src/bench-tx.json
+++ b/bench-tx/src/bench-tx.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "0x8a55c3531cdd5725aa805475093ed3006c6773b71a008e8ca840da8364a67cd6": 713
       },
       {
-        "0xae832786b774651bb0e5b71615fcf9f01427c054a8919cda6d2fd4a0c8948167": 390
+        "0x47b2fbff8a3f09e40343238e7b15c8918d7c63e570fd1b3c904ada458c4d74bd": 390
       }
     ],
     "notes_processing": 1149,
diff --git a/bench-tx/src/utils.rs b/bench-tx/src/utils.rs
index d5d3d1611..3a4668390 100644
--- a/bench-tx/src/utils.rs
+++ b/bench-tx/src/utils.rs
@@ -238,10 +238,13 @@ pub fn get_account_with_default_account_code(
     let account_assembler = TransactionKernel::assembler();
 
     let account_code = AccountCode::new(account_code_ast.clone(), &account_assembler).unwrap();
-    let account_storage = AccountStorage::new(vec![SlotItem {
-        index: 0,
-        slot: StorageSlot::new_value(public_key),
-    }])
+    let account_storage = AccountStorage::new(
+        vec![SlotItem {
+            index: 0,
+            slot: StorageSlot::new_value(public_key),
+        }],
+        vec![],
+    )
     .unwrap();
 
     let account_vault = match assets {