diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 335d0a32b754..e7095e35820f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         working-directory: py-polars
-        run: uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
+        run: uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
 
       - name: Set up Rust
         run: rustup show
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
index ce642bbec306..c2c2d26bfc41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         working-directory: py-polars
-        run: uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
+        run: uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
 
       - name: Set up Rust
         run: rustup component add llvm-tools-preview
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index ca717ef191f2..fd4a31774342 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
           pip install uv
-          uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
+          uv pip install --compile-bytecode -r requirements-dev.txt --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch -r requirements-ci.txt --verbose
 
       - name: Set up Rust
         run: rustup show
diff --git a/py-polars/requirements-ci.txt b/py-polars/requirements-ci.txt
index 050e4e259084..fc6fc8d8b511 100644
--- a/py-polars/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/py-polars/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 # Packages that we require for unit tests that run on CI
 # (installable via `make requirements-all`)
 # -------------------------------------------------------
---extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu torch
 jax[cpu]
 pyiceberg>=0.5.0