diff --git a/CHANGES/251.contrib.rst b/CHANGES/251.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1c735f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/251.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed coverage for testing benchmarks when codspeed is not installed
+-- by :user:`Vizonex`.
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 2b4483e..d7a1b82 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ booleans
 bools
 changelog
 changelogs
+codspeed
 config
 de
 decodable
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ preinstalled
 propcache
 pypa
 pyproject
+pytest
 rc
 reStructuredText
 reencoding
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmarks.py b/tests/test_benchmarks.py
index d96cd07..c33ea68 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 """codspeed benchmarks for propcache."""
 
+import typing as _t
+
 import pytest
 
-try:
-    from pytest_codspeed import BenchmarkFixture
-except ImportError:
-    pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip("pytest_codspeed needs to be installed")
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pytest_codspeed
+else:
+    pytest_codspeed = pytest.importorskip("pytest_codspeed")
 
 from propcache import cached_property, under_cached_property
 
 
-def test_under_cached_property_cache_hit(benchmark: "BenchmarkFixture") -> None:
+def test_under_cached_property_cache_hit(
+    benchmark: pytest_codspeed.BenchmarkFixture,
+) -> None:
     """Benchmark for under_cached_property cache hit."""
 
     class Test:
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ def _run() -> None:
             t.prop
 
 
-def test_cached_property_cache_hit(benchmark: "BenchmarkFixture") -> None:
+def test_cached_property_cache_hit(benchmark: pytest_codspeed.BenchmarkFixture) -> None:
     """Benchmark for cached_property cache hit."""
 
     class Test:
@@ -50,7 +54,9 @@ def _run() -> None:
             t.prop
 
 
-def test_under_cached_property_cache_miss(benchmark: "BenchmarkFixture") -> None:
+def test_under_cached_property_cache_miss(
+    benchmark: pytest_codspeed.BenchmarkFixture,
+) -> None:
     """Benchmark for under_cached_property cache miss."""
 
     class Test:
@@ -72,7 +78,9 @@ def _run() -> None:
             t.prop
 
 
-def test_cached_property_cache_miss(benchmark: "BenchmarkFixture") -> None:
+def test_cached_property_cache_miss(
+    benchmark: pytest_codspeed.BenchmarkFixture,
+) -> None:
     """Benchmark for cached_property cache miss."""
 
     class Test: