diff --git a/flowbench/benchmark.cmake b/flowbench/benchmark.cmake
index 29c14725cd..4334a3113f 100644
--- a/flowbench/benchmark.cmake
+++ b/flowbench/benchmark.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(googlebenchmark-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googlebenchmark
   GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
-  GIT_TAG           8039b4030795b1c9b8cedb78e3a2a6fb89574b6e # v1.5.1
+  GIT_TAG           f91b6b42b1b9854772a90ae9501464a161707d1e # v1.6.0
   GIT_SHALLOW       ON
   GIT_CONFIG        advice.detachedHead=false
   SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googlebenchmark-src"