diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bcb3cd5862..1dc096c77a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3224,8 +3224,9 @@ name = "wasmtime-bench-api"
 version = "0.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "cap-std",
  "shuffling-allocator",
- "wasi-common",
+ "wasi-cap-std-sync",
  "wasmtime",
  "wasmtime-wasi",
  "wat",
diff --git a/crates/bench-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/bench-api/Cargo.toml
index c5c70bf6df..9c8fd41b3e 100644
--- a/crates/bench-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bench-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 shuffling-allocator = { version = "1.1.1", optional = true }
 wasmtime = { path = "../wasmtime", default-features = false }
 wasmtime-wasi = { path = "../wasi" }
-wasi-common = { path = "../wasi-common" }
+wasi-cap-std-sync = { path = "../wasi-common/cap-std-sync" }
+cap-std = "0.12"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wat = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/bench-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/bench-api/src/lib.rs
index 8923b4c788..0d99ab635d 100644
--- a/crates/bench-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bench-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_void};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::slice;
-use wasi_common::WasiCtxBuilder;
+use wasi_cap_std_sync::WasiCtxBuilder;
 use wasmtime::{Config, Engine, Instance, Linker, Module, Store};
 use wasmtime_wasi::Wasi;
 
@@ -211,16 +211,16 @@ impl BenchState {
         // Create a WASI environment.
 
         let mut cx = WasiCtxBuilder::new();
-        cx.inherit_stdio();
+        cx = cx.inherit_stdio();
         // Allow access to the working directory so that the benchmark can read
         // its input workload(s).
-        let working_dir = wasi_common::preopen_dir(working_dir)
+        let working_dir = unsafe { cap_std::fs::Dir::open_ambient_dir(working_dir) }
             .context("failed to preopen the working directory")?;
-        cx.preopened_dir(working_dir, ".");
+        cx = cx.preopened_dir(working_dir, ".")?;
         // Pass this env var along so that the benchmark program can use smaller
         // input workload(s) if it has them and that has been requested.
         if let Ok(val) = env::var("WASM_BENCH_USE_SMALL_WORKLOAD") {
-            cx.env("WASM_BENCH_USE_SMALL_WORKLOAD", &val);
+            cx = cx.env("WASM_BENCH_USE_SMALL_WORKLOAD", &val)?;
         }
 
         let cx = cx.build()?;