diff --git a/.github/benchmark_projects.yml b/.github/benchmark_projects.yml
index 0afd75a2dd2..72a9502e997 100644
--- a/.github/benchmark_projects.yml
+++ b/.github/benchmark_projects.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-define: &AZ_COMMIT 4fede8303a84cc32c3bf58f86c01f80a7aef228b
+define: &AZ_COMMIT 950a441ebe4820807c50fef11be4fa793086baf2
 projects:
   private-kernel-inner:
     repo: AztecProtocol/aztec-packages
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ projects:
     timeout: 15
     compilation-timeout: 20
     execution-timeout: 0.75
-    compilation-memory-limit: 1500
-    execution-memory-limit: 550
+    compilation-memory-limit: 1700
+    execution-memory-limit: 600
   rollup-block-root-empty:
     repo: AztecProtocol/aztec-packages
     ref: *AZ_COMMIT
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ projects:
     num_runs: 5
     timeout: 60
     compilation-timeout: 2
-    compilation-memory-limit: 410
+    compilation-memory-limit: 450
   rollup-block-root-single-tx:
     repo: AztecProtocol/aztec-packages
     ref: *AZ_COMMIT
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ projects:
     timeout: 300
     compilation-timeout: 1.5
     execution-timeout: 0.01
-    compilation-memory-limit: 400
+    compilation-memory-limit: 450
     execution-memory-limit: 400
   rollup-root:
     repo: AztecProtocol/aztec-packages
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ projects:
     timeout: 300
     compilation-timeout: 2
     execution-timeout: 0.6
-    compilation-memory-limit: 450
-    execution-memory-limit: 400
+    compilation-memory-limit: 500
+    execution-memory-limit: 450
   semaphore-depth-10:
     repo: noir-lang/noir
     path: test_programs/benchmarks/semaphore_depth_10
diff --git a/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml b/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
index b93b888ec87..6463748b41e 100644
--- a/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
+++ b/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-define: &AZ_COMMIT 4fede8303a84cc32c3bf58f86c01f80a7aef228b
+define: &AZ_COMMIT 950a441ebe4820807c50fef11be4fa793086baf2
 libraries:
   noir_check_shuffle:
     repo: noir-lang/noir_check_shuffle
diff --git a/scripts/bump-aztec-packages-commit.sh b/scripts/bump-aztec-packages-commit.sh
index f3a9f5652d2..50a9c95c9f5 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-aztec-packages-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-aztec-packages-commit.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-AZTEC_COMMIT=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages.git HEAD | grep -oE '^\b[0-9a-f]{40}\b')
+AZTEC_REPO="https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages.git"
+AZTEC_BRANCH="next"
+AZTEC_COMMIT=$(git ls-remote $AZTEC_REPO $AZTEC_BRANCH | grep -oE '^\b[0-9a-f]{40}\b')
 
 function bump_commit() {
     FILE=$1