diff --git a/packages/benchmark/README.md b/packages/benchmark/README.md
index db520ed454..c8b51d17af 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/README.md
+++ b/packages/benchmark/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ emit:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/resource-manager"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
 ```
 
 Run the external specs (fewer iterations, since they are heavy):
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/compute/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/compute/tspconfig.yaml
index f562b813f2..7f0ee9b0a0 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/compute/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/compute/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ emit:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/resource-manager"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/network/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/network/tspconfig.yaml
index f562b813f2..7f0ee9b0a0 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/network/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/network/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ emit:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/resource-manager"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/web/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/web/tspconfig.yaml
index f562b813f2..7f0ee9b0a0 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/external-spec/web/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/external-spec/web/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ emit:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/resource-manager"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-arm-resource-manager/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-arm-resource-manager/tspconfig.yaml
index 908847b1c7..847bd3ca4b 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-arm-resource-manager/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-arm-resource-manager/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ options:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/resource-manager"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-core-dataplane/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-core-dataplane/tspconfig.yaml
index 5c18ca0802..f4b411ca7f 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-core-dataplane/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-core-dataplane/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ options:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/data-plane"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"
diff --git a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-full/tspconfig.yaml b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-full/tspconfig.yaml
index 30c5d09e52..d85cbcbac8 100644
--- a/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-full/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/packages/benchmark/specs/azure-full/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ options:
 linter:
   extends:
     - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/data-plane"
+    - "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-rulesets/client-sdk"