diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index b2370c1be..515ce6866 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: run benchmarks
         run: |
-          cargo +nightly build --release -Z build-std=std,panic_abort -Z build-std-features=panic_immediate_abort --target ${{ matrix.platform.target }} --manifest-path bench/tests/Cargo.toml
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Zunstable-options -Cpanic=immediate-abort" cargo +nightly build --release -Z build-std=std,panic_abort -Z build-std-features= --target ${{ matrix.platform.target }} --manifest-path bench/tests/Cargo.toml
           xvfb-run --auto-servernum cargo run --manifest-path ./bench/Cargo.toml --bin run_benchmark
 
       - name: clone benchmarks_results
diff --git a/bench/tests/Cargo.toml b/bench/tests/Cargo.toml
index 6e51f5e55..14bd2847a 100644
--- a/bench/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bench/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 wry = { path = "../../" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-tao = "0.34"
+tao = "0.35"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "bench_hello_world"