diff --git a/benchmark/over_time.py b/benchmark/over_time.py
index dc30134aa..ee0cd61df 100644
--- a/benchmark/over_time.py
+++ b/benchmark/over_time.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def plot_over_time(yaml_file):
     ax.set_ylabel("Aider code editing benchmark,\npercent completed correctly", fontsize=18)
     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.savefig("tmp_over_time.png")
     plt.savefig("tmp_over_time.svg")
diff --git a/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py b/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
index c1ad7d7c6..246729da0 100644
--- a/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
+++ b/benchmark/swe_bench_lite.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def plot_swe_bench_lite(data_file):
     ax.set_ylabel("Pass rate (%)", fontsize=18)
     ax.set_title("SWE Bench Lite pass rates", fontsize=20)
     ax.set_ylim(0, 30)
-    plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')
+    plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right', fontsize=14)
     plt.tight_layout()
     plt.savefig("swe_bench_lite.png")
     plt.savefig("swe_bench_lite.svg")