diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-main.yml{% endif %}.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-main.yml{% endif %}.jinja
index 7c2d039..63d4ece 100644
--- a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-main.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-main.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
 {%- import 'python-versions.jinja' as py%}
   PYTHON_VERSION: "{{ py.pref(python_versions) }}"
 {%- raw %}
-  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.5"
+  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.6"
   WORKING_DIR: ${{github.workspace}}/benchmarks
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-nightly.yml{% endif %}.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-nightly.yml{% endif %}.jinja
index 2d264fd..e12e954 100644
--- a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-nightly.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-nightly.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
 {%- import 'python-versions.jinja' as py%}
   PYTHON_VERSION: "{{ py.pref(python_versions) }}"
 {%- raw %}
-  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.5"
+  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.6"
   WORKING_DIR: ${{github.workspace}}/benchmarks
   NIGHTLY_HASH_FILE: nightly-hash
 
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-pr.yml{% endif %}.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-pr.yml{% endif %}.jinja
index 411a8d6..e7070d3 100644
--- a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-pr.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/{% if include_benchmarks %}asv-pr.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env:
 {%- import 'python-versions.jinja' as py%}
   PYTHON_VERSION: "{{ py.pref(python_versions) }}"
 {%- raw %}
-  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.5"
+  ASV_VERSION: "0.6.6"
   WORKING_DIR: ${{github.workspace}}/benchmarks
   ARTIFACTS_DIR: ${{github.workspace}}/artifacts
 
diff --git a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 642f9e2..d3a7b5e 100644
--- a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
 {%- if include_benchmarks %}
-    "asv[virtualenv]==0.6.5", # Used to compute performance benchmarks
+    "asv==0.6.6", # Used to compute performance benchmarks
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if 'black'  in enforce_style %}
     "black", # Used for static linting of files