diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index f30983609..bad7106fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NUM_WORKERS: ${{ matrix.num_workers }}
         run: |
-          docker compose up --scale worker=$NUM_WORKERS --no-deps api worker postgres_db temporal -d
+          docker compose up --no-deps api worker postgres_db temporal -d
 
       - name: Verify Tracecat API is running
         run: curl -s http://localhost:8000/health | jq -e '.status == "ok"'