diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchs.yml b/.github/workflows/benchs.yml
index 73e1a1d99..3ace00c18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchs.yml
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         run: |
           echo "::group::Checkout gh-pages branch"
-          git config pull.rebase true
           git clean -fdx
           git checkout gh-pages
-          git pull
+          git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/gh-pages gh-pages
+          git pull --rebase
           git config --global user.name "zio-kafka CI"
           git config --global user.email "ziokafkaci@users.noreply.github.com"
           echo "::endgroup::"