diff --git a/wacore/benches/reporting_token_benchmark.rs b/wacore/benches/reporting_token_benchmark.rs
index b3c969d7e..b4a7fbbbd 100644
--- a/wacore/benches/reporting_token_benchmark.rs
+++ b/wacore/benches/reporting_token_benchmark.rs
@@ -51,18 +51,14 @@ fn setup_extended_message() -> wa::Message {
 fn bench_content_extraction_simple(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_simple_message)
-        .bench_values(|msg| {
-            let _ = black_box(generate_reporting_token_content(&msg));
-        });
+        .bench_refs(|msg| black_box(generate_reporting_token_content(msg)));
 }
 
 #[divan::bench]
 fn bench_content_extraction_extended(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_extended_message)
-        .bench_values(|msg| {
-            let _ = black_box(generate_reporting_token_content(&msg));
-        });
+        .bench_refs(|msg| black_box(generate_reporting_token_content(msg)));
 }
 
 // Key derivation benchmark
@@ -117,14 +113,14 @@ fn setup_full_gen_extended() -> FullGenSetup {
 fn bench_full_token_generation_simple(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_full_gen_simple)
-        .bench_values(|data| {
-            let _ = black_box(generate_reporting_token(
+        .bench_refs(|data| {
+            black_box(generate_reporting_token(
                 &data.msg,
                 "STANZA123",
                 &data.sender,
                 &data.remote,
                 Some(&data.secret),
-            ));
+            ))
         });
 }
 
@@ -132,14 +128,14 @@ fn bench_full_token_generation_simple(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
 fn bench_full_token_generation_extended(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_full_gen_extended)
-        .bench_values(|data| {
-            let _ = black_box(generate_reporting_token(
+        .bench_refs(|data| {
+            black_box(generate_reporting_token(
                 &data.msg,
                 "STANZA123",
                 &data.sender,
                 &data.remote,
                 Some(&data.secret),
-            ));
+            ))
         });
 }
 
@@ -148,12 +144,12 @@ fn bench_full_token_generation_extended(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
 fn bench_message_encoding_simple(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_simple_message)
-        .bench_values(|msg| black_box(msg.encode_to_vec()));
+        .bench_refs(|msg| black_box(msg.encode_to_vec()));
 }
 
 #[divan::bench]
 fn bench_message_encoding_extended(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_extended_message)
-        .bench_values(|msg| black_box(msg.encode_to_vec()));
+        .bench_refs(|msg| black_box(msg.encode_to_vec()));
 }
diff --git a/wacore/binary/benches/binary_benchmark.rs b/wacore/binary/benches/binary_benchmark.rs
index e6eacf9ae..f7b099857 100644
--- a/wacore/binary/benches/binary_benchmark.rs
+++ b/wacore/binary/benches/binary_benchmark.rs
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ fn bench_roundtrip_exact_large(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
 fn bench_get_children_by_tag(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(create_usync_like_node)
-        .bench_values(|node| {
+        .bench_refs(|node| {
             let usync = node.get_optional_child("usync").unwrap();
             let list = usync.get_optional_child("list").unwrap();
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ fn setup_jid_heavy_marshaled() -> Vec<u8> {
 fn bench_jid_to_owned_access(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
     bencher
         .with_inputs(setup_jid_heavy_marshaled)
-        .bench_values(|marshaled| {
+        .bench_refs(|marshaled| {
             // Skip the flag byte at position 0
             let node_ref = unmarshal_ref(&marshaled[1..]).unwrap();
 
@@ -427,5 +427,6 @@ fn bench_jid_to_owned_access(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
             black_box(parser.optional_jid("notify"));
             black_box(parser.optional_string("id"));
             black_box(parser.optional_string("type"));
+            node
         });
 }