diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3edef34..9d0cea1 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ maybe(
 maybe(
     http_archive,
     name = "com_google_benchmark",
-    sha256 = "7f45be0bff07d787d75c3864212e9ea5ebba57593b2e487c783d11da70ef6857",  # 2020-04-23
-    strip_prefix = "benchmark-56898e9a92fba537671d5462df9c5ef2ea6a823a",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/56898e9a92fba537671d5462df9c5ef2ea6a823a.zip"],
+    sha256 = "12663580821c69f5a71217433b58e96f061570f0e18d94891b82115fcdb4284d",  # 2021-12-14
+    strip_prefix = "benchmark-3b3de69400164013199ea448f051d94d7fc7d81f",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/3b3de69400164013199ea448f051d94d7fc7d81f.zip"],
 )
diff --git a/cmake/benchmark.cmake b/cmake/benchmark.cmake
index cb735a1..495ad1a 100644
--- a/cmake/benchmark.cmake
+++ b/cmake/benchmark.cmake
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ set(workdir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/benchmark-populate")
 
 set(SAPI_BENCHMARK_GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
                                   CACHE STRING "")
-set(SAPI_BENCHMARK_GIT_TAG 56898e9a92fba537671d5462df9c5ef2ea6a823a
-                           CACHE STRING "") # 2020-04-23
+set(SAPI_BENCHMARK_GIT_TAG 3b3de69400164013199ea448f051d94d7fc7d81f
+                           CACHE STRING "") # 2021-12-14
 set(SAPI_BENCHMARK_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/benchmark-src"
                               CACHE STRING "")
 set(SAPI_BENCHMARK_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/benchmark-build"