diff --git a/benchmark/over_time.py b/benchmark/over_time.py
index ee0cd61df..633584764 100644
--- a/benchmark/over_time.py
+++ b/benchmark/over_time.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def plot_over_time(yaml_file):
     ax.set_title("LLM code editing skill by model release date", fontsize=20)
     ax.set_ylim(0, 30)
     plt.xticks(fontsize=14)
-    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.tight_layout(pad=3.0)
     plt.savefig("tmp_over_time.png")
     plt.savefig("tmp_over_time.svg")
     imgcat(fig)
diff --git a/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py b/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
index 0b854ff86..3a99428ae 100644
--- a/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
+++ b/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def plot_swe_bench_lite(data_file):
     ax.set_title("SWE Bench Lite pass rates", fontsize=20)
     ax.set_ylim(0, 30)
     plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right', fontsize=16)
-    plt.tight_layout()
+    plt.tight_layout(pad=3.0)
     plt.savefig("swe_bench_lite.png")
     plt.savefig("swe_bench_lite.svg")
     imgcat(fig)