Binding Groom to SKM - stuck at 0%

Hi! I’m new to UE, and I’m trying to create a custom MetaHuman Character, including hair. I created some hair for my MetaHuman in Blender, using this and this tutorial. However, I’m not able to create a Binding Asset for my grooms. Whenever I try to, I get a pop-up saying “Building groom binding data” with a progress bar, which is perpetually stuck at 0%. It is using my CPU though, so it seems to be doing something, but it just never progresses or finishes, not even after letting it run for 30-ish minutes.

I have tried to resolve the issue with the solutions I could find online (for example), but nothing has worked so far. Any ideas on how to fix or workarounds that would still allow me to use my hair on my MetaHuman would be greatly appreciated!