diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_on_push.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_on_push.yml
index d9f9a2f688..b92d114d71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_on_push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_on_push.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install Linux system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools wget cmake casadi pybind11
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools wget cmake casadi pybind11[global]
           python -m pip install asv[virtualenv]
 
       - name: Install SuiteSparse and SUNDIALS
diff --git a/asv.conf.json b/asv.conf.json
index a7f385dc42..d0d0a1f3f1 100644
--- a/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv.conf.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "build_command": [
     "python -m pip install pybind11[global]",
     "python setup.py build",
-    "PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -mpip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
+    "PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -m pip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
   ],
 
   // List of branches to benchmark. If not provided, defaults to "master"