diff --git a/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yml
index a2e59a68d..36a66037d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python: 3.11
           os: ubuntu-22.04
+      - name: Set env vars
+        run: cat ./extras/benchmarking/.env >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Track base branch benchmarks with Bencher
         run: |
           bencher run \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yml
index d78ae72f7..7c8415f99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    env:
-      N_BLOCKS: 20000
-      CACHE_SIZE: 100000
-      SERVER_DATA_DIR: server-data
-      TCP_PORT: 40403
-      N_RUNS: 2
-      BENCH_FILE: bench_results.json
-      BENCH_DATA_DIR: bench-data
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: bencherdev/bencher@main
@@ -33,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python: 3.11
           os: ubuntu-22.04
+      - name: Set env vars
+        run: cat ./extras/benchmarking/.env >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Download benchmark data
         run: |
           mkdir $SERVER_DATA_DIR
diff --git a/extras/benchmarking/.env b/extras/benchmarking/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f22d614a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/benchmarking/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+N_BLOCKS=20000
+CACHE_SIZE=100000
+SERVER_DATA_DIR=server-data
+TCP_PORT=40403
+N_RUNS=2
+BENCH_FILE=bench_results.json
+BENCH_DATA_DIR=bench-data