diff --git a/scripts/benchmarks/benchmark_rsl_rl.py b/scripts/benchmarks/benchmark_rsl_rl.py
index 8e3b4e132a5..4b803d59e5d 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmarks/benchmark_rsl_rl.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmarks/benchmark_rsl_rl.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 from isaaclab.utils.dict import print_dict
 from isaaclab.utils.io import dump_yaml
 
-from isaaclab_rl.rsl_rl import RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg, RslRlVecEnvWrapper
+from isaaclab_rl.rsl_rl import RslRlOnPolicyRunnerCfg, RslRlVecEnvWrapper, handle_deprecated_rsl_rl_cfg
 
 import isaaclab_tasks  # noqa: F401
 from isaaclab_tasks.utils import get_checkpoint_path
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ def main(env_cfg: ManagerBasedRLEnvCfg | DirectRLEnvCfg | DirectMARLEnvCfg, agen
     task_startup_time_end = time.perf_counter_ns()
 
     # create runner from rsl-rl
+    import importlib.metadata
+    installed_version = importlib.metadata.version("rsl-rl-lib")
+    agent_cfg = handle_deprecated_rsl_rl_cfg(agent_cfg, installed_version)
     runner = OnPolicyRunner(env, agent_cfg.to_dict(), log_dir=log_dir, device=agent_cfg.device)
     # write git state to logs
     runner.add_git_repo_to_log(__file__)
@@ -229,13 +232,13 @@ def main(env_cfg: ManagerBasedRLEnvCfg | DirectRLEnvCfg | DirectMARLEnvCfg, agen
         # prepare RL timing dict
         collection_fps = (
             1
-            / (np.array(log_data["Perf/collection time"]))
+            / (np.array(log_data["Perf/collection_time"]))
             * env.unwrapped.num_envs
             * agent_cfg.num_steps_per_env
             * world_size
         )
         rl_training_times = {
-            "Collection Time": (np.array(log_data["Perf/collection time"]) / 1000).tolist(),
+            "Collection Time": (np.array(log_data["Perf/collection_time"]) / 1000).tolist(),
             "Learning Time": (np.array(log_data["Perf/learning_time"]) / 1000).tolist(),
             "Collection FPS": collection_fps.tolist(),
             "Total FPS": log_data["Perf/total_fps"] * world_size,