diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous_benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous_benchmarking.yml
index 3cc82529c..80a423397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous_benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous_benchmarking.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           --adapter python_pytest \
           --file results.json \
           --err \
-          'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${{ env.NEST_INSTALL }}/lib/nest python3 -m pytest -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/nest_tests/stdp_nn_synapse_test.py'
+          'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${{ env.NEST_INSTALL }}/lib/nest python3 -m pytest --benchmark-json results.json -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/nest_tests/stdp_nn_synapse_test.py'
 
       - name: Setup tmate session
         if: ${{ failure() }}