diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml
index 41076f4f4..52f73fe46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ on:
       - "src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval.py"
       - "docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.*"
       - ".github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
 
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ on:
       - "src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval.py"
       - "docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.*"
       - ".github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -103,7 +105,6 @@ jobs:
             --shm-size=4g \
             -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
             -e HF_USER_TOKEN="${HF_USER_TOKEN}" \
-            -e LIBERO_DATA_FOLDER=/tmp/libero_data \
             lerobot-benchmark-libero:ci \
             bash -c "
               hf auth login --token \"\$HF_USER_TOKEN\" --add-to-git-credential 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero b/docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero
index b4fe3cb43..bbac7e64a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero
@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@ COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot src/ src/
 
 RUN uv sync --locked --extra libero --no-cache
 
+# Pre-create libero's config file so it never prompts for a dataset path at runtime.
+# libero/libero/__init__.py calls input() when ~/.libero/config.yaml is missing.
+# We replicate what get_default_path_dict() would write, without importing libero.
+RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -c "
+import os, yaml, importlib.util
+spec = importlib.util.find_spec('libero')
+pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(spec.origin)
+libero_dir = os.path.join(pkg_dir, 'libero')
+paths = {
+    'bddl_files': os.path.join(libero_dir, 'bddl_files'),
+    'init_states': os.path.join(libero_dir, 'init_files'),
+    'datasets':    os.path.join(libero_dir, '../datasets'),
+    'assets':      os.path.join(libero_dir, 'assets'),
+}
+config_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/.libero')
+os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+with open(os.path.join(config_dir, 'config.yaml'), 'w') as f:
+    yaml.dump(paths, f)
+"
+
 RUN chmod +x /lerobot/.venv/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/triton/backends/nvidia/bin/ptxas
 
 COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot . .