diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 99f45e4d44..a7fc96662b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ../benchmarking
           npm i
       - name: Build madara in release mode
-        run: cargo build --workspace --release
+        run: cargo build --profile production -p madara
       - name: Run benchmark
         run: |
           cd benchmarking
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2694f90e42..9d9330af39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ members = [
   "crates/client/storage",
   "crates/client/transaction-pool",
 ]
+
 [profile.release]
 panic = "unwind"
 
+[profile.production]
+inherits = "release"
+codegen-units = 1    # Setting this to 1 allows for more optimizations at the cost of slower compile time
+lto = true           # Enables Link Time Optimization, enabling more aggressive optimizations across the entire codebase
+opt-level = 3        # Optimize for speed regardless of binary size or compile time
+rpath = false        # Disables adding rpath to the binary
+
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Abdelhamid Bakhta <@abdelhamidbakhta>"]
 edition = "2021"