diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 0c66806f34acc..a811b1a6ef039 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rand = "0.8"
 rand_chacha = "0.3"
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
 bevy_app = { path = "../crates/bevy_app" }
-bevy_ecs = { path = "../crates/bevy_ecs" }
+bevy_ecs = { path = "../crates/bevy_ecs", features = ["multi-threaded"] }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../crates/bevy_reflect" }
 bevy_tasks = { path = "../crates/bevy_tasks" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../crates/bevy_utils" }