diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-micro-benchmarks.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-micro-benchmarks.yml
index 102fa2483b7b6..29997ab192178 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-micro-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-micro-benchmarks.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 steps:
   - label: periodic-micro-benchmarks
     command: |
-      .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh -p benchmarks/ run --args 'org.elasticsearch.benchmark._nightly -rf json -rff build/result.json'
+      .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh :benchmarks:run --args 'org.elasticsearch.benchmark._nightly -rf json -rff build/result.json'
     timeout_in_minutes: 300
     agents:
       provider: gcp
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh b/.ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh
index b091c4a7c7d89..b19eec92449f9 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ else
 fi
 
 set -e
-$GRADLEW -S --max-workers=$MAX_WORKERS $@
+$GRADLEW -S --max-workers=$MAX_WORKERS "$@"