diff --git a/benches/benches/bevy_tasks/iter.rs b/benches/benches/bevy_tasks/iter.rs
index 4f8f75c8ed..47c2f6de14 100644
--- a/benches/benches/bevy_tasks/iter.rs
+++ b/benches/benches/bevy_tasks/iter.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn bench_for_each(c: &mut Criterion) {
         b.iter(|| {
             v.iter_mut().for_each(|x| {
                 busy_work(10000);
-                *x *= *x;
+                *x = x.wrapping_mul(*x);
             });
         });
     });
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn bench_for_each(c: &mut Criterion) {
                 b.iter(|| {
                     ParChunksMut(v.chunks_mut(100)).for_each(&pool, |x| {
                         busy_work(10000);
-                        *x *= *x;
+                        *x = x.wrapping_mul(*x);
                     });
                 });
             },
diff --git a/tools/ci/src/commands/test.rs b/tools/ci/src/commands/test.rs
index 82a64e02a0..bdb4b663d1 100644
--- a/tools/ci/src/commands/test.rs
+++ b/tools/ci/src/commands/test.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ impl Prepare for TestCommand {
         vec![PreparedCommand::new::<Self>(
             cmd!(
                 sh,
-                "cargo test --workspace --lib --bins --tests {no_fail_fast}"
+                // `--benches` runs each benchmark once in order to verify that they behave
+                // correctly and do not panic.
+                "cargo test --workspace --lib --bins --tests --benches {no_fail_fast}"
             ),
             "Please fix failing tests in output above.",
         )]