diff --git a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
index f90eb62f6d4e9..3dfc038a0497e 100644
--- a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
+++ b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
@@ -142,27 +142,6 @@ runs:
       cmake --build build -j "$(nproc)" 
       cmake --install build
 
-      cd -
-  # Install level zero v1.25.2
-  # This is to have the latest level zero required by Compute Benchmarks
-  # Remove this w/a once the sycl nightly images are updated to have level zero v1.25.2
-  - name: Install level zero v1.25.2
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      # Install level zero v1.25.2
-      # Checkout Level Zero at build ref:
-      wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/archive/refs/tags/v1.25.2.tar.gz -O level-zero-v1.25.2.tar.gz
-      tar -xvf level-zero-v1.25.2.tar.gz
-      cd level-zero-1.25.2
-
-      # Configure Level Zero
-      cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -Bbuild
-
-      # Build and install Level Zero
-      cmake --build build -j "$(nproc)"
-      sudo cmake --install build
-
       cd -
   - name: Checkout results repo
     uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -228,6 +207,13 @@ runs:
       WORKDIR="$(realpath ./llvm_test_workdir)"
       if [ -n "$WORKDIR" ] && [ -d "$WORKDIR" ] && [[ "$WORKDIR" == *llvm_test_workdir* ]]; then rm -rf "$WORKDIR" ; fi
 
+      # This step is needed for cherry-picking a fix in compute-benchmarks,
+      # remove once the Level Zero v1.25.0 is used in docker images.
+      pushd ./devops
+      git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+      git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      popd
+
       taskset -c "$CORES" ./devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py "$WORKDIR" \
         --sycl "$(realpath ./toolchain)" \
         --ur "$(realpath ./ur/install)" \
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute.py
index 96dfc61e56dd6..d73f3d074e369 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/benches/compute.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ def git_url(self) -> str:
         return "https://github.com/intel/compute-benchmarks.git"
 
     def git_hash(self) -> str:
-        # Oct 31, 2025
-        return "1d4f68f82a5fe8c404aa1126615da4a1b789e254"
+        # Oct 28, 2025
+        return "2cfc831cdc536f1bfd14ce4aafbe59450d5ba090"
 
     def setup(self) -> None:
         if options.sycl is None:
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ def setup(self) -> None:
                 "compute-benchmarks",
                 use_installdir=False,
             )
+        # Cherry-pick a fix for build with latest unified-runtime
+        # This is to omit changes that force usage of L0 v1.25.0
+        # which are not supported by the latest Compute Runtime yet.
+        try:
+            self.project.cherry_pick("8a90f69aa4fdbb73ab5a1d0c0d5a412a03d6c2b5")
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning(f"Cherry-pick failed, continuing with build: {e}")
 
         if not self.project.needs_rebuild():
             log.info(f"Rebuilding {self.project.name} skipped")
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
index 7d2ffd6706b44..338d2732b3ecd 100644
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/git_project.py
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ def install(self) -> None:
         """Installs the project."""
         run(f"cmake --install {self.build_dir}")
 
+    def cherry_pick(self, commit_hash: str) -> None:
+        """Cherry-pick a specific commit."""
+        try:
+            log.debug(f"Cherry-picking commit {commit_hash} in {self.src_dir}")
+            run(f"git cherry-pick {commit_hash}", cwd=self.src_dir)
+            log.debug(f"Successfully cherry-picked commit {commit_hash}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error(f"Failed to cherry-pick commit {commit_hash}: {e}")
+            raise
+
     def _can_shallow_clone_ref(self, ref: str) -> bool:
         """Check if we can do a shallow clone with this ref using git ls-remote."""
         try:
diff --git a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
index de372d7279cc2..be6fbf8e87270 100755
--- a/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
+++ b/devops/scripts/benchmarks/main.py
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ def run_iterations(
                     break
 
             for bench_result in bench_results:
+                if bench_result.value == 0.0:
+                    if options.exit_on_failure:
+                        raise RuntimeError("Benchmark result is zero!")
+                    else:
+                        failure_label = f"{benchmark.name()} iteration {iter}"
+                        failures[failure_label] = "benchmark result is zero!"
+                        log.error(
+                            f"complete ({failure_label}: benchmark result is zero!)."
+                        )
+                        continue
                 log.info(
                     f"{benchmark.name()} complete ({bench_result.label}: {bench_result.value:.3f} {bench_result.unit})."
                 )