diff --git a/proxmox/perf/bench/install-bench.sh b/proxmox/perf/bench/install-bench.sh
index 957014b..fff5093 100644
--- a/proxmox/perf/bench/install-bench.sh
+++ b/proxmox/perf/bench/install-bench.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
 set -eu
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 apt-get update -qq
-apt-get install -y -qq fio iperf3 jq libaio1 >/dev/null
+apt-get install -y -qq fio iperf3 jq >/dev/null
+# libaio package name differs: libaio1 (bookworm) vs libaio1t64 (trixie+)
+apt-get install -y -qq libaio1 2>/dev/null || apt-get install -y -qq libaio1t64 >/dev/null
 echo "bench toolset installed: fio=$(fio --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}') iperf3=$(iperf3 --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1{print $2}')"