diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66284e7e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: Benchmarks
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 1 * * *' # nightly build
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  benchmark:
+    name: Build and Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set Java up in the runner
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Setup Maven
+        uses: s4u/setup-maven-action@v1.8.0
+        with:
+          java-version: 8
+      - name: Install missing dependencies to container
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y stunnel make git gcc
+      - name: Maven offline
+        run: |
+          mvn -q dependency:go-offline
+      - name: Clean environment
+        run: |
+          make cleanup
+        env:
+          JVM_OPTS: -Xmx3200m
+          TERM: dumb
+      - name: Start servers
+        run: |
+          make start
+      - name: Run benchmarks
+        run: |
+          mvn -Pjmh clean test
+        env:
+          JVM_OPTS: -Xmx3200m
+          TERM: dumb
+      # Download previous benchmark result from cache (if exists)
+      - name: Download previous benchmark data
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-benchmark
+      # Run `github-action-benchmark` action
+      - name: Store benchmark result
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+        with:
+          # What benchmark tool the output.txt came from
+          tool: 'jmh'
+          # Where the output from the benchmark tool is stored
+          output-file-path: benchmark.log
+          # Where the previous data file is stored
+          external-data-json-path: ./cache/benchmark.log
+          # Workflow will fail when an alert happens
+          fail-on-alert: true
+      # Upload the updated cache file for the next job by actions/cache
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddfc4877b2..710d1f3593 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -557,22 +557,6 @@
             <version>1.20.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- JMH -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.37</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-            <version>1.37</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -1165,7 +1149,7 @@
 
         <profile>
 
-            <id>jmh</id>
+            <id>jmh</id> <!-- mvn -Pjmh clean test -->
 
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
@@ -1177,13 +1161,29 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.37</version>
+                    <version>1.21</version>
                     <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
 
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.13.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <source>8</source>
+                            <target>8 </target>
+                            <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                                <path>
+                                    <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+                                    <version>1.21</version>
+                                </path>
+                            </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
diff --git a/src/test/jmh/io/lettuce/core/JmhMain.java b/src/test/jmh/io/lettuce/core/JmhMain.java
index d68804b808..c73690e347 100644
--- a/src/test/jmh/io/lettuce/core/JmhMain.java
+++ b/src/test/jmh/io/lettuce/core/JmhMain.java
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ private static void runRedisClientBenchmark() throws RunnerException {
 
     private static ChainedOptionsBuilder prepareOptions() {
         return new OptionsBuilder().forks(1).warmupIterations(5).threads(1).measurementIterations(5)
-                .timeout(TimeValue.seconds(2));
+                .timeout(TimeValue.seconds(2)).output("benchmark.log");
     }
 }