diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bcd401d34623..73a8a258d311 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
             yarn local-registry --publish
       - report-workflow-on-failure
       - store_artifacts: 
-          path: bench/esbuild-metafiles
+          path: code/bench/esbuild-metafiles
       - save_cache:
           name: Save Yarn cache
           key: build-yarn-2-cache-v4--{{ checksum "code/yarn.lock" }}--{{ checksum "scripts/yarn.lock" }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acfc54475076..f0ad86dc47c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test-results
 /repros
 /sandbox
 /bench
+/code/bench
 .verdaccio-cache
 .next
 /.npmrc
diff --git a/code/.storybook/bench.stories.tsx b/code/.storybook/bench.stories.tsx
index 7d834af51fe7..d13557cee9bc 100644
--- a/code/.storybook/bench.stories.tsx
+++ b/code/.storybook/bench.stories.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import type { Meta } from '@storybook/react';
 // @ts-expect-error - TS doesn't know about import.meta.glob from Vite
 const allMetafiles = import.meta.glob(
   [
-    '../../bench/esbuild-metafiles/**/*.json',
+    '../bench/esbuild-metafiles/**/*.json',
     // the core metafile is too big to be loaded automatically in the iframe
-    '!../../bench/esbuild-metafiles/core/core.json',
+    '!../bench/esbuild-metafiles/core/core.json',
   ],
   {
     // eagerly loading is not ideal because it imports all metafiles upfront,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const allMetafiles = import.meta.glob(
   }
 );
 
-const METAFILES_DIR = '../../bench/esbuild-metafiles/';
+const METAFILES_DIR = '../bench/esbuild-metafiles/';
 const PACKAGES_WITHOUT_ORG = ['storybook', 'sb', 'create-storybook'];
 
 // allows the metafile path to be used in the URL hash
diff --git a/code/core/scripts/prep.ts b/code/core/scripts/prep.ts
index 72407d816f25..b01a8603ba3d 100644
--- a/code/core/scripts/prep.ts
+++ b/code/core/scripts/prep.ts
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ async function run() {
       });
     } else {
       // repo root/bench/esbuild-metafiles/core
-      const metafilesDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'bench', 'esbuild-metafiles', 'core');
+      const metafilesDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'bench', 'esbuild-metafiles', 'core');
       if (existsSync(metafilesDir)) {
         await rm(metafilesDir, { recursive: true });
       }
diff --git a/code/nx.json b/code/nx.json
index a34b471c624e..2f726cea4387 100644
--- a/code/nx.json
+++ b/code/nx.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         "{workspaceRoot}/../scripts/prepare/{bundle,addon-bundle,esm-bundle}.ts"
       ],
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "outputs": ["{projectRoot}/dist", "{workspaceRoot}/../bench/esbuild-metafiles/{projectName}"],
+      "outputs": ["{projectRoot}/dist", "{workspaceRoot}/bench/esbuild-metafiles/{projectName}"],
       "cache": true
     },
     "test": {
diff --git a/scripts/prepare/addon-bundle.ts b/scripts/prepare/addon-bundle.ts
index c62b92046f90..fa5e14a0e4c4 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare/addon-bundle.ts
+++ b/scripts/prepare/addon-bundle.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const run = async ({ cwd, flags }: { cwd: string; flags: string[] }) => {
     __dirname,
     '..',
     '..',
+    'code',
     'bench',
     'esbuild-metafiles',
     name.replace('@storybook/', '')
diff --git a/scripts/prepare/bundle.ts b/scripts/prepare/bundle.ts
index d5722cb2d513..4651774257c8 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare/bundle.ts
+++ b/scripts/prepare/bundle.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const run = async ({ cwd, flags }: { cwd: string; flags: string[] }) => {
     __dirname,
     '..',
     '..',
+    'code',
     'bench',
     'esbuild-metafiles',
     name.replace('@storybook', '')