diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/package.json b/packages/gossipsub/package.json
index e0caa03f2b..92ba1a9b19 100644
--- a/packages/gossipsub/package.json
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/package.json
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
     "release": "aegir release --no-types",
     "build": "aegir build",
     "generate": "protons ./src/message/rpc.proto",
-    "benchmark": "yarn benchmark:files test/benchmark/**/*.test.ts",
-    "benchmark:files": "NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=4096 --loader=ts-node/esm' benchmark --config .benchrc.yaml --defaultBranch master",
+    "benchmark": "npm run benchmark:files -- 'dist/test/benchmark/**/*.test.js' -- --exit",
+    "benchmark:files": "NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=4096' aegir test -t node --timeout 0 -f",
     "test": "aegir test -f dist/test/*.spec.js",
     "test:node": "aegir test -t node -f dist/test/*.spec.js -f dist/test/unit/*.spec.js -f dist/test/e2e/*.spec.js",
     "test:chrome": "aegir test -f dist/test/*.spec.js -t browser",
@@ -96,14 +96,15 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/as-sha256": "^1.2.0",
-    "@dapplion/benchmark": "^1.0.0",
     "@libp2p/floodsub": "^11.0.22",
     "@libp2p/logger": "^6.2.7",
     "@libp2p/peer-store": "^12.0.20",
+    "@types/benchmark": "^2.1.5",
     "@types/node": "^22.18.1",
     "@types/sinon": "^21.0.1",
     "abortable-iterator": "^5.1.0",
     "aegir": "^47.0.21",
+    "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "datastore-core": "^11.0.1",
     "delay": "^7.0.0",
     "it-all": "^3.0.6",
diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/asyncIterable.test.ts b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/asyncIterable.test.ts
index 724c202559..48ac4beca5 100644
--- a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/asyncIterable.test.ts
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/asyncIterable.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { itBench } from '@dapplion/benchmark'
 import { abortableSource } from 'abortable-iterator'
 import all from 'it-all'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
+import { runBenchmark } from '../utils/benchmark.js'
 
 describe('abortableSource cost', function () {
   const n = 10000
@@ -16,21 +16,18 @@ describe('abortableSource cost', function () {
   }
 
   for (let k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
-    itBench({
-      id: `async iterate abortable x${k} bytesSource ${n}`,
-      beforeEach: () => {
+    it(`async iterate abortable x${k} bytesSource ${n}`, async () => {
+      await runBenchmark(`async iterate abortable x${k} bytesSource ${n}`, async () => {
         let source = bytesSource()
         for (let i = 0; i < k; i++) {
           source = abortableSource(source, controller.signal)
         }
-        return source
-      },
-      fn: async (source) => {
+
         for await (const chunk of source) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions
           chunk
         }
-      }
+      })
     })
   }
 })
@@ -51,35 +48,31 @@ describe('pipe extra iterables cost', function () {
     }
   }
 
-  itBench({
-    id: `async iterate pipe x0 transforms ${n}`,
-    fn: async () => {
+  it(`async iterate pipe x0 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
+    await runBenchmark(`async iterate pipe x0 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
       await pipe(numberSource, all)
-    }
+    })
   })
 
-  itBench({
-    id: `async iterate pipe x1 transforms ${n}`,
-    fn: async () => {
+  it(`async iterate pipe x1 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
+    await runBenchmark(`async iterate pipe x1 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
       await pipe(numberSource, numberTransform, all)
-    }
+    })
   })
 
-  itBench({
-    id: `async iterate pipe x2 transforms ${n}`,
-    fn: async () => {
+  it(`async iterate pipe x2 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
+    await runBenchmark(`async iterate pipe x2 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
       await pipe(
         numberSource,
         numberTransform,
         numberTransform,
         all
       )
-    }
+    })
   })
 
-  itBench({
-    id: `async iterate pipe x4 transforms ${n}`,
-    fn: async () => {
+  it(`async iterate pipe x4 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
+    await runBenchmark(`async iterate pipe x4 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
       await pipe(
         numberSource,
         numberTransform,
@@ -88,12 +81,11 @@ describe('pipe extra iterables cost', function () {
         numberTransform,
         all
       )
-    }
+    })
   })
 
-  itBench({
-    id: `async iterate pipe x8 transforms ${n}`,
-    fn: async () => {
+  it(`async iterate pipe x8 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
+    await runBenchmark(`async iterate pipe x8 transforms ${n}`, async () => {
       await pipe(
         numberSource,
         numberTransform,
@@ -106,6 +98,6 @@ describe('pipe extra iterables cost', function () {
         numberTransform,
         all
       )
-    }
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/index.test.ts b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/index.test.ts
index e2a1daea9a..34a8be74f1 100644
--- a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/index.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { itBench } from '@dapplion/benchmark'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import { fromString as uint8ArrayFromString } from 'uint8arrays/from-string'
+import { runBenchmark } from '../utils/benchmark.js'
 import {
   connectPubsubNodes,
   createComponentsArray,
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ import {
 
 } from '../utils/create-pubsub.js'
 import { awaitEvents, checkReceivedSubscriptions, checkReceivedSubscription } from '../utils/events.js'
-import type { GossipSubAndComponents } from '../utils/create-pubsub.js'
 
 describe('heartbeat', function () {
   const topic = 'foobar'
   const numTopic = 70
   const numPeers = 50
   const numPeersPerTopic = 30
-  let numLoop = 0
 
   const getTopic = (i: number): string => {
     return topic + String(i)
@@ -48,94 +46,91 @@ describe('heartbeat', function () {
    * |  0  | 0, 1, 2, 3|
    * |  1  | 0, 2, 3, 4|
    */
-  itBench({
-    id: 'heartbeat',
-    before: async () => {
-      const psubs = await createComponentsArray({
-        number: numPeers,
-        init: {
-          scoreParams: {
-            IPColocationFactorWeight: 0
-          },
-          floodPublish: true,
-          // TODO: why we need to configure this low score
-          // probably we should tweak topic score params
-          // is that why we don't have mesh peers?
-          scoreThresholds: {
-            gossipThreshold: -10,
-            publishThreshold: -100,
-            graylistThreshold: -1000
-          }
+  it('heartbeat', async () => {
+    const psubs = await createComponentsArray({
+      number: numPeers,
+      init: {
+        scoreParams: {
+          IPColocationFactorWeight: 0
+        },
+        floodPublish: true,
+        // TODO: why we need to configure this low score
+        // probably we should tweak topic score params
+        // is that why we don't have mesh peers?
+        scoreThresholds: {
+          gossipThreshold: -10,
+          publishThreshold: -100,
+          graylistThreshold: -1000
         }
-      })
+      }
+    })
 
-      // build the star
-      await Promise.all(psubs.slice(1).map(async (ps) => connectPubsubNodes(psubs[0], ps)))
-      await Promise.all(psubs.map(async (ps) => awaitEvents(ps.pubsub, 'gossipsub:heartbeat', 2)))
+    // build the star
+    await Promise.all(psubs.slice(1).map(async (ps) => connectPubsubNodes(psubs[0], ps)))
+    await Promise.all(psubs.map(async (ps) => awaitEvents(ps.pubsub, 'gossipsub:heartbeat', 2)))
 
-      await denseConnect(psubs)
+    await denseConnect(psubs)
 
-      // make sure psub 0 has `numPeers - 1` peers
-      expect(psubs[0].pubsub.getPeers().length).to.be.gte(
-        numPeers - 1,
-        `peer 0 should have at least ${numPeers - 1} peers`
-      )
+    // make sure psub 0 has `numPeers - 1` peers
+    expect(psubs[0].pubsub.getPeers().length).to.be.gte(
+      numPeers - 1,
+      `peer 0 should have at least ${numPeers - 1} peers`
+    )
 
-      const peerIds = psubs.map((psub) => psub.components.peerId.toString())
-      for (let topicIndex = 0; topicIndex < numTopic; topicIndex++) {
-        const topic = getTopic(topicIndex)
-        psubs.forEach((ps) => { ps.pubsub.subscribe(topic) })
-        const peerIndices = getTopicPeerIndices(topicIndex)
-        const peerIdsOnTopic = peerIndices.map((peerIndex) => peerIds[peerIndex])
-        // peer 0 see all subscriptions from other
-        const subscription = checkReceivedSubscriptions(psubs[0], peerIdsOnTopic, topic)
-        // other peers should see the subsription from peer 0 to prevent PublishError.InsufficientPeers error
-        const otherSubscriptions = peerIndices
-          .slice(1)
-          .map((peerIndex) => psubs[peerIndex])
-          .map(async (psub) => checkReceivedSubscription(psub, peerIds[0], topic, 0))
-        peerIndices.forEach((peerIndex) => { psubs[peerIndex].pubsub.subscribe(topic) })
-        await Promise.all([subscription, ...otherSubscriptions])
-      }
+    const peerIds = psubs.map((psub) => psub.components.peerId.toString())
+    for (let topicIndex = 0; topicIndex < numTopic; topicIndex++) {
+      const topic = getTopic(topicIndex)
+      psubs.forEach((ps) => { ps.pubsub.subscribe(topic) })
+      const peerIndices = getTopicPeerIndices(topicIndex)
+      const peerIdsOnTopic = peerIndices.map((peerIndex) => peerIds[peerIndex])
+      // peer 0 see all subscriptions from other
+      const subscription = checkReceivedSubscriptions(psubs[0], peerIdsOnTopic, topic)
+      // other peers should see the subsription from peer 0 to prevent PublishError.InsufficientPeers error
+      const otherSubscriptions = peerIndices
+        .slice(1)
+        .map((peerIndex) => psubs[peerIndex])
+        .map(async (psub) => checkReceivedSubscription(psub, peerIds[0], topic, 0))
+      peerIndices.forEach((peerIndex) => { psubs[peerIndex].pubsub.subscribe(topic) })
+      await Promise.all([subscription, ...otherSubscriptions])
+    }
 
-      // wait for heartbeats to build mesh
-      await Promise.all(psubs.map(async (ps) => awaitEvents(ps.pubsub, 'gossipsub:heartbeat', 3)))
+    // wait for heartbeats to build mesh
+    await Promise.all(psubs.map(async (ps) => awaitEvents(ps.pubsub, 'gossipsub:heartbeat', 3)))
 
-      // make sure psubs 0 have at least 10 topic peers and 4 mesh peers for each topic
-      for (let i = 0; i < numTopic; i++) {
-        expect((psubs[0].pubsub).getSubscribers(getTopic(i)).length).to.be.gte(
-          10,
-          `psub 0: topic ${i} does not have enough topic peers`
-        )
+    // make sure psubs 0 have at least 10 topic peers and 4 mesh peers for each topic
+    for (let i = 0; i < numTopic; i++) {
+      expect((psubs[0].pubsub).getSubscribers(getTopic(i)).length).to.be.gte(
+        10,
+        `psub 0: topic ${i} does not have enough topic peers`
+      )
 
-        expect((psubs[0].pubsub).getMeshPeers(getTopic(i)).length).to.be.gte(
-          4,
-          `psub 0: topic ${i} does not have enough mesh peers`
-        )
-      }
+      expect((psubs[0].pubsub).getMeshPeers(getTopic(i)).length).to.be.gte(
+        4,
+        `psub 0: topic ${i} does not have enough mesh peers`
+      )
+    }
 
-      return psubs
-    },
-    beforeEach: async (psubs) => {
-      numLoop++
-      const msg = `its not a flooooood ${numLoop}`
-      const promises = []
-      for (let topicIndex = 0; topicIndex < numTopic; topicIndex++) {
-        for (const peerIndex of getTopicPeerIndices(topicIndex)) {
-          promises.push(
-            psubs[peerIndex].pubsub.publish(
-              getTopic(topicIndex),
-              uint8ArrayFromString(psubs[peerIndex].components.peerId.toString() + msg)
-            )
+    // publish one round of messages so the measured heartbeat has gossip to emit
+    const msg = 'its not a flooooood'
+    const promises = []
+    for (let topicIndex = 0; topicIndex < numTopic; topicIndex++) {
+      for (const peerIndex of getTopicPeerIndices(topicIndex)) {
+        promises.push(
+          psubs[peerIndex].pubsub.publish(
+            getTopic(topicIndex),
+            uint8ArrayFromString(psubs[peerIndex].components.peerId.toString() + msg)
           )
-        }
+        )
       }
-      await Promise.all(promises)
-
-      return psubs[0]
-    },
-    fn: async (firstPsub: GossipSubAndComponents) => {
-      return (firstPsub.pubsub).heartbeat()
     }
+    await Promise.all(promises)
+
+    // measure heartbeat() in isolation — the publish round above is excluded from the timing
+    await runBenchmark('heartbeat', async () => {
+      await psubs[0].pubsub.heartbeat()
+    })
+
+    // stop the nodes so their heartbeat timers don't keep the process alive
+    await Promise.allSettled(psubs.map(async (ps) => ps.pubsub.stop()))
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/protobuf.test.ts b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/protobuf.test.ts
index e94b369a8a..86522374b8 100644
--- a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/protobuf.test.ts
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/protobuf.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import crypto from 'node:crypto'
-import { itBench } from '@dapplion/benchmark'
 import { RPC } from '../../src/message/rpc.js'
+import { runBenchmark } from '../utils/benchmark.js'
 
 describe('protobuf', function () {
   const testCases: Array<{ name: string, length: number }> = [
@@ -30,24 +30,20 @@ describe('protobuf', function () {
 
     const runsFactor = 1000
 
-    itBench({
-      id: `decode ${name} message ${length} bytes`,
-      fn: () => {
+    it(`decode ${name} message ${length} bytes`, async () => {
+      await runBenchmark(`decode ${name} message ${length} bytes`, () => {
         for (let i = 0; i < runsFactor; i++) {
           RPC.decode(bytes)
         }
-      },
-      runsFactor
+      }, runsFactor)
     })
 
-    itBench({
-      id: `encode ${name} message ${length} bytes`,
-      fn: () => {
+    it(`encode ${name} message ${length} bytes`, async () => {
+      await runBenchmark(`encode ${name} message ${length} bytes`, () => {
         for (let i = 0; i < runsFactor; i++) {
           RPC.encode(rpc)
         }
-      },
-      runsFactor
+      }, runsFactor)
     })
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/time-cache.test.ts b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/time-cache.test.ts
index ef06d8d2de..ac5d0d8e7f 100644
--- a/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/time-cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/test/benchmark/time-cache.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { itBench } from '@dapplion/benchmark'
 // @ts-expect-error no types
 import TimeCache from 'time-cache'
 import { SimpleTimeCache } from '../../src/utils/time-cache.js'
+import { runBenchmark } from '../utils/benchmark.js'
 
 // TODO: errors with "Error: root suite not found"
 describe('npm TimeCache vs SimpleTimeCache', () => {
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ describe('npm TimeCache vs SimpleTimeCache', () => {
   const simpleTimeCache = new SimpleTimeCache({ validityMs: 1000 })
 
   for (const iteration of iterations) {
-    itBench(`npm TimeCache.put x${iteration}`, () => {
-      for (let j = 0; j < iteration; j++) { timeCache.put(String(j)) }
+    it(`npm TimeCache.put x${iteration}`, async () => {
+      await runBenchmark(`npm TimeCache.put x${iteration}`, () => {
+        for (let j = 0; j < iteration; j++) { timeCache.put(String(j)) }
+      })
     })
 
-    itBench(`SimpleTimeCache.put x${iteration}`, () => {
-      for (let j = 0; j < iteration; j++) { simpleTimeCache.put(String(j), true) }
+    it(`SimpleTimeCache.put x${iteration}`, async () => {
+      await runBenchmark(`SimpleTimeCache.put x${iteration}`, () => {
+        for (let j = 0; j < iteration; j++) { simpleTimeCache.put(String(j), true) }
+      })
     })
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/gossipsub/test/utils/benchmark.ts b/packages/gossipsub/test/utils/benchmark.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..552868d116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gossipsub/test/utils/benchmark.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import Benchmark from 'benchmark'
+
+export async function runBenchmark (name: string, fn: () => void | Promise<void>, runsFactor = 1): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    new Benchmark(name, {
+      defer: true,
+      initCount: 1,
+      maxTime: 1,
+      minSamples: 1,
+      minTime: 0.1,
+      fn (deferred: Benchmark.Deferred) {
+        Promise.resolve()
+          .then(fn)
+          .then(() => { deferred.resolve() })
+          .catch(reject)
+      }
+    })
+      .on('complete', function (this: Benchmark) {
+        const hz = this.hz * runsFactor
+        process.stdout.write(`    ${name}: ${hz.toFixed(4)} ops/s ${(1000 / hz).toFixed(6)} ms/op ${this.count} runs\n`)
+        resolve()
+      })
+      .on('error', reject)
+      .run({ async: true })
+  })
+}