diff --git a/.changeset/angry-buses-jam.md b/.changeset/angry-buses-jam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dc9a04977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/angry-buses-jam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+ci: re-introduce benchmarks on PRs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f6de93c55a..b9b51bd2e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - next
 
 jobs:
   benchmarks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # remove if:false after fine-tuning benchmarks
-    if: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4