diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/LightGBM/features_sample.py b/examples/benchmarks/LightGBM/features_sample.py
index e06637b84..72fffb79d 100644
--- a/examples/benchmarks/LightGBM/features_sample.py
+++ b/examples/benchmarks/LightGBM/features_sample.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class ResampleProcessor(InstProcessor):
         self.minute = minute
 
     def __call__(self, df: pd.DataFrame, *args, **kwargs):
+        df.index = pd.to_datetime(df.index)
         df = df.loc[df.index.time == datetime.time(self.hour, self.minute)]
         df.index = df.index.normalize()
         return df