diff --git a/.gitlab/benchmarks/microbenchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/benchmarks/microbenchmarks.yml
index 8c78d05ca16..bda5421cf93 100644
--- a/.gitlab/benchmarks/microbenchmarks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/benchmarks/microbenchmarks.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ stages:
   - report
 
 variables:
-  BENCHMARKING_IMAGE_REGISTRY: 486234852809.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+  BENCHMARKING_IMAGE_REGISTRY: registry.ddbuild.io
   MICROBENCHMARKS_CI_IMAGE: $BENCHMARKING_IMAGE_REGISTRY/ci/benchmarking-platform:dd-trace-py
   PACKAGE_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/mirror/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64:2024-08-12-7fde9b1
   GITHUB_CLI_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/github-cli:v27480869-eafb11d-2.43.0
-  BENCHMARKING_BRANCH: dd-trace-py
+  BENCHMARKING_BRANCH: brettlangdon/dd-trace-py.fix.parallel
 
 .benchmarks:
   stage: test
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ variables:
   interruptible: true
   timeout: 30m
   dependencies: [ "baseline:build", "candidate" ]
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends parallel
   script: |
     export REPORTS_DIR="$(pwd)/reports/" && (mkdir "${REPORTS_DIR}" || :)
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/download-wheels-from-gh-actions.sh b/.gitlab/download-wheels-from-gh-actions.sh
index f01afcccfd0..df78ac12a7f 100755
--- a/.gitlab/download-wheels-from-gh-actions.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/download-wheels-from-gh-actions.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
+CI_COMMIT_SHA="1f31ec2949802373ddf8c378f82c87511d4e4d74"
+
 if [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" ]; then
   echo "Error: CI_COMMIT_SHA was not provided"
   exit 1
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ if [[ $(gh run view $RUN_ID --exit-status --json status --jq .status) != "comple
   echo "Waiting for workflow to finish"
 
   # Give time to the job to finish
-  sleep 300 # 5 minutes
+  sleep 5 # 5 minutes
 
   # wait for run to finish
   gh run watch $RUN_ID --interval 60 --exit-status 1 --repo DataDog/dd-trace-py