diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f70b22765a4..ef43612bc54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-2019'}}
       run: git config --system core.longpaths true
     - name: run tox
-      run: tox -f ${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.package }} -- -ra
+      run: tox -f ${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.package }} -- -ra --benchmark-skip
   misc:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         key: v4-tox-cache-${{ matrix.tox-environment }}-${{ hashFiles('tox.ini', 'dev-requirements.txt')
           }}-core
     - name: run tox
-      run: tox -e ${{ matrix.tox-environment }}
+      run: tox -e ${{ matrix.tox-environment }} --benchmark-skip
 
   # Contrib unit test suite in order to ensure changes in core do not break anything in contrib.
   # We only run contrib unit tests on the oldest supported Python version (3.8) as running the same tests
@@ -213,4 +213,4 @@ jobs:
         key: v3-tox-cache-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.package }}-${{ matrix.os
           }}-${{ hashFiles('tox.ini', 'dev-requirements.txt') }}-contrib
     - name: run tox
-      run: tox -f ${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.package }} -- -ra
+      run: tox -f ${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.package }} -- -ra --benchmark-skip