diff --git a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
index 546d5038637..e3a8fd900a0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
+++ b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     // The Pythons you'd like to test against.  If not provided, defaults
     // to the current version of Python used to run `asv`.
-    "pythons": ["3.8"],
+    "pythons": ["3.10"],
     // The matrix of dependencies to test.  Each key is the name of a
     // package (in PyPI) and the values are version numbers.  An empty
     // list indicates to just test against the default (latest)