diff --git a/asv.conf.json b/asv.conf.json
index 5d7be20933e2..72da45ad338f 100644
--- a/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv.conf.json
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
         "return-code=any python -mpip uninstall -y qiskit-ignis"
     ],
     "build_command": [
-        "pip install -U Cython",
-        "python setup.py build",
+        "pip install -U Cython setuptools-rust",
+        "python setup.py build_rust --release",
         "PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=false python -mpip wheel --no-deps --no-index -w {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
     ],
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
     // The Pythons you'd like to test against.  If not provided, defaults
     // to the current version of Python used to run `asv`.
-    "pythons": ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9"],
+    "pythons": ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"],
 
     // The list of conda channel names to be searched for benchmark
     // dependency packages in the specified order