diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a4a6302bf2..1926ad5bf4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           . venv/bin/activate
           export BENCHMARK_LIB_CONFIG=$(python script/setup_codspeed_lib.py)
-          # --build-only prints BENCHMARK_BINARY=<path> to stdout
-          BINARY=$(script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only | grep '^BENCHMARK_BINARY=' | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
+          # --build-only prints BUILD_BINARY=<path> to stdout
+          BINARY=$(script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only | grep '^BUILD_BINARY=' | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
           echo "binary=$BINARY" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Run CodSpeed benchmarks
diff --git a/script/test_helpers.py b/script/test_helpers.py
index ad290b7ceba..e872bbc5160 100644
--- a/script/test_helpers.py
+++ b/script/test_helpers.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def build_and_run(
         return exit_code
 
     if build_only:
-        print(f"BENCHMARK_BINARY={program_path}")
+        print(f"BUILD_BINARY={program_path}")
         return EXIT_OK
 
     # Run the binary