diff --git a/ci/util/python/run_examples_tests.sh b/ci/util/python/run_examples_tests.sh
index 0726d408b55a..9764ef413117 100755
--- a/ci/util/python/run_examples_tests.sh
+++ b/ci/util/python/run_examples_tests.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ if [[ "${ctk_flavor}" == "cu" ]]; then
   cupy_req="${cupy_req}[ctk]"
 fi
 
-# TODO: drop "pytest<9.2" once pytest-benchmark supports pytest 9.2 (Function._nodeid removal, ionelmc/pytest-benchmark#321)
-python -m pip install "${CUDA_CCCL_WHEEL_PATH}[test-${ctk_flavor}${cuda_major_version}]" "${cupy_req}" pytest-benchmark "pytest<9.2"
+# pytest-benchmark < 5.3.1 fails with pytest >= 9.2 (Function._nodeid removal, ionelmc/pytest-benchmark#321)
+python -m pip install "${CUDA_CCCL_WHEEL_PATH}[test-${ctk_flavor}${cuda_major_version}]" "${cupy_req}" "pytest-benchmark>=5.3.1"
 
 cd "${repo_root}/python/cuda_cccl/tests/"
 python -m pytest -n 6 test_examples.py
diff --git a/ci/windows/run_examples_tests.ps1 b/ci/windows/run_examples_tests.ps1
index ed8a8311450d..39b766da4d2d 100644
--- a/ci/windows/run_examples_tests.ps1
+++ b/ci/windows/run_examples_tests.ps1
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ $repoRoot = Get-RepoRoot
 $wheelPath = Get-OnePathMatch -Path (Join-Path $repoRoot 'wheelhouse') -Pattern '^cuda_cccl-.*\.whl' -File
 
 # pytest-benchmark is for the host-benchmark smoke test below.
-# TODO: drop "pytest<9.2" once pytest-benchmark supports pytest 9.2 (Function._nodeid removal, ionelmc/pytest-benchmark#321)
-Invoke-Checked { & $python -m pip install -U pip "pytest<9.2" pytest-xdist pytest-benchmark } "Failed to install pytest / pytest-xdist / pytest-benchmark"
+# pytest-benchmark < 5.3.1 fails with pytest >= 9.2 (Function._nodeid removal, ionelmc/pytest-benchmark#321)
+Invoke-Checked { & $python -m pip install -U pip pytest pytest-xdist "pytest-benchmark>=5.3.1" } "Failed to install pytest / pytest-xdist / pytest-benchmark"
 # CuPy is required by the cuda.compute examples and is not part of the test extras.
 # It resolves curand/cublas/... through cuda-pathfinder at first use and nothing
 # else installs them, so request its own `ctk` extra on the pip-toolkit lanes.