diff --git a/src/lerobot/jobs/hf.py b/src/lerobot/jobs/hf.py
index 2cb5518a1..0a2810190 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/jobs/hf.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/jobs/hf.py
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ def _poll_until_done(
         try:
             info = inspect_job(job_id=job_id)
             failures = 0
-            stage = info.status.stage.value
+            # `stage` is an enum in some huggingface_hub versions and a plain str in others.
+            stage = getattr(info.status.stage, "value", info.status.stage)
             if stage in _TERMINAL_STAGES:
                 if status_holder is not None:
                     status_holder["message"] = getattr(info.status, "message", None)
diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_hf.py b/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
index 20e153364..90ebd9c67 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ def test_resolve_job_tags_always_includes_lerobot_and_dedups():
     assert resolve_job_tags(["lelab", "lerobot", "lelab"]) == ["lerobot", "lelab"]
 
 
-def _fake_inspect(stage_value):
-    return lambda job_id: SimpleNamespace(status=SimpleNamespace(stage=SimpleNamespace(value=stage_value)))
+def _fake_inspect(stage_value, *, as_enum=True):
+    # huggingface_hub returns `stage` as an enum (with `.value`) in some versions and a plain str in others.
+    stage = SimpleNamespace(value=stage_value) if as_enum else stage_value
+    return lambda job_id: SimpleNamespace(status=SimpleNamespace(stage=stage))
 
 
-def test_poll_until_done_returns_terminal_stage(monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr("lerobot.jobs.hf.inspect_job", _fake_inspect("COMPLETED"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("as_enum", [True, False], ids=["enum_stage", "str_stage"])
+def test_poll_until_done_returns_terminal_stage(monkeypatch, as_enum):
+    monkeypatch.setattr("lerobot.jobs.hf.inspect_job", _fake_inspect("COMPLETED", as_enum=as_enum))
     done = threading.Event()
     assert _poll_until_done("j", done, poll_interval=0.01) == "COMPLETED"
     assert done.is_set()