diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index f07928a28..b0478f9fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           exit $errcode
 
     - name: Typecheck benchmarks
-      run: find core/benches -type f -name "*.ncl" -print0 | xargs -0 -I file nix run . -- typecheck file
+      run: nix shell --inputs-from . .#nickel-lang-cli nixpkgs#findutils --command find core/benches -type f -name "*.ncl" -exec nickel typecheck '{}' \;
 
   build-and-test-windows:
     name: "build-and-test (windows-latest, stable)"