diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 18bc56ec60..6a23ac3b37 100644
--- a/apps/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,19 +2,4 @@ if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_BENCHMARK)
     find_package(benchmark REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-openmw_add_executable(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark detournavigator/navmeshtilescache.cpp)
-target_compile_features(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
-target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark benchmark::benchmark components)
-
-if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-endif()
-
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.16 AND MSVC)
-    target_precompile_headers(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark PRIVATE <algorithm>)
-endif()
-
-if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
-    target_compile_options(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark PRIVATE --coverage)
-    target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark gcov)
-endif()
+add_subdirectory(detournavigator)
diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..198cf2bd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+openmw_add_executable(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark navmeshtilescache.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark benchmark::benchmark components)
+
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+endif()
+
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.16 AND MSVC)
+    target_precompile_headers(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark PRIVATE <algorithm>)
+endif()
+
+if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
+    target_compile_options(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark PRIVATE --coverage)
+    target_link_libraries(openmw_detournavigator_navmeshtilescache_benchmark gcov)
+endif()
diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/navmeshtilescache.cpp b/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/navmeshtilescache.cpp
index f1d024a25f..3be1c8762a 100644
--- a/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/navmeshtilescache.cpp
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/detournavigator/navmeshtilescache.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace
         generateKeys(std::back_inserter(keys), keys.size() * (100 - hitPercentage) / 100, random);
         std::size_t n = 0;
 
-        while (state.KeepRunning())
+        for (auto _ : state)
         {
             const auto& key = keys[n++ % keys.size()];
             const auto result = cache.get(key.mAgentBounds, key.mTilePosition, key.mRecastMesh);
diff --git a/extern/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ce604c50b..33908c8caf 100644
--- a/extern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ if (BUILD_BENCHMARKS AND NOT OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_BENCHMARK)
 
     include(FetchContent)
     FetchContent_Declare(benchmark
-        URL https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.2.zip
-        URL_HASH SHA512=1146deca3b424703800933012ef75805d4657309d58b3484498bb51a99025bd405a69855a75af59c23fc3684bfa027224513999b8d7beaab3320c96fb6d6c540
+        URL https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.1.zip
+        URL_HASH SHA512=bec4016263587a57648e02b094c69e838c0a21e16c3dcfc6f03100397ab8f95d5fab1f5fd0d7e0e8adbb8212fff1eb574581158fdda1fa7fd6ff12762154b0cc
         SOURCE_DIR fetched/benchmark
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailableExcludeFromAll(benchmark)