diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
index 4f35202d56a0..aa9c0aaadfe3 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const defaultCoverageExcludes = [
   'cypress/**',
   'test?(s)/**',
   'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
-  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
+  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec,bench,benchmark}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/__tests__/**',
   '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*',
   '**/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)',