diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 9e4763d865..a7fef6d575 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ jobs:
       options: --init
 
     steps:
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials # necessary on Azure runners
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      with:
+        aws-region: eu-central-1
+        role-to-assume: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
+        role-duration-seconds: 43199 # almost 12 hours  
+        
     - name: Download Neon artifact
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with: