diff --git a/.github/workflows/asv-benchmarking-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/asv-benchmarking-pr.yml
index 0d52afc4d..0c7bb4bd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asv-benchmarking-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asv-benchmarking-pr.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  PR_HEAD_LABEL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label }}
+
 jobs:
   benchmark:
     if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmark') && github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-environment-key: "${{runner.os}}-${{runner.arch}}-py${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}}-${{env.TODAY}}-${{hashFiles(env.CONDA_ENV_FILE)}}-benchmark"
           create-args: >-
             asv
-            build
+            python-build
             mamba
 
       - name: Run Benchmarks
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           # ID this runner
           asv machine --yes
           echo "Baseline:  ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} (${{ github.event.pull_request.base.label }})"
-          echo "Contender: ${GITHUB_SHA} (${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label }})"
+          echo "Contender: ${GITHUB_SHA} ($PR_HEAD_LABEL)"
           # Run benchmarks for current commit against base
           ASV_OPTIONS="--split --show-stderr"
           asv continuous $ASV_OPTIONS ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${GITHUB_SHA}