diff --git a/bin/README.md b/bin/README.md
index c460537..a16b65d 100644
--- a/bin/README.md
+++ b/bin/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ This directory contains all of the binaries required to run the benchmarking tes
 
 ### Binaries
 
-* **fio_x64** - v3.17 (compiled 27 Sep 2020) - 64-bit version
-* **fio_x86** - v3.17 (compiled 27 Sep 2020) - 32-bit version
+* **fio_x64** - v3.25 (compiled 29 Dec 2020) - 64-bit version
+* **fio_x86** - v3.25 (compiled 29 Dec 2020) - 32-bit version
 * **iperf_x64** - v3.9 (compiled 15 Sep 2020) - 64-bit version
 * **iperf_x86** - v3.9 (compiled 15 Sep 2020) - 32-bit version
 
diff --git a/bin/compile.sh b/bin/compile.sh
index 056a9a0..3d2fcbb 100755
--- a/bin/compile.sh
+++ b/bin/compile.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ source /hbb_exe/activate
 
 # download and compile fio
 cd ~
-curl -L https://github.com/axboe/fio/archive/fio-3.17.tar.gz -o "fio.tar.gz"
+curl -L https://github.com/axboe/fio/archive/fio-3.25.tar.gz -o "fio.tar.gz"
 tar xf fio.tar.gz
 cd fio-fio*
 ./configure --disable-native
diff --git a/bin/fio_x64 b/bin/fio_x64
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diff --git a/bin/fio_x86 b/bin/fio_x86
index 9df1b19..9956f21 100755
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