diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ac8f14fa3..083d72afd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ gem "yabeda-rails"
 gem "webrick" # required for yabeda-prometheus metrics server
 gem "prometheus-client-mmap", "~> 1.1"
 gem "autotuner"
+gem "benchmark" # indirect dependency, being removed from Ruby 3.5 stdlib so here to quash warnings
 
 # AI
 gem "ruby_llm", git: "https://github.com/crmne/ruby_llm.git"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c60db773f..d0c656f0d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ GEM
     base64 (0.3.0)
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
     bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.1)
+    benchmark (0.4.1)
     bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     bootsnap (1.18.6)
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   autotuner
   aws-sdk-s3
   bcrypt (~> 3.1.7)
+  benchmark
   bootsnap
   brakeman
   bundler-audit