diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index e679f4101..130ac6e7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -49,14 +49,18 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
+      - name: upgrade pip
+        run: |
+          pip3 install --upgrade pip
+          pip3 install --upgrade packaging setuptools wheel
+
       - name: Install PyTorch
         run: |
-          pip3 install torch==${{ matrix.pytorch_version }} --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip3 install torch==${{ matrix.pytorch_version }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip3 install --upgrade pip
-          pip3 install --upgrade packaging
+          pip3 show torch
           pip3 install -U -e .
           pip3 install -r requirements-tests.txt
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f9f55262..067be05cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ flash-attn==2.6.3
 sentencepiece
 wandb
 einops
-xformers==0.0.28.post1
+xformers>=0.0.23.post1
 optimum==1.16.2
 hf_transfer
 colorama
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1153d6968..17347f063 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ def parse_requirements():
     try:
         xformers_version = [req for req in _install_requires if "xformers" in req][0]
         torchao_version = [req for req in _install_requires if "torchao" in req][0]
+        autoawq_version = [req for req in _install_requires if "autoawq" in req][0]
+
         if "Darwin" in platform.system():
             # don't install xformers on MacOS
             _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
@@ -52,10 +54,14 @@ def parse_requirements():
 
             if (major, minor) >= (2, 5):
                 _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
+                _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(autoawq_version))
             elif (major, minor) >= (2, 4):
                 if patch == 0:
                     _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
                     _install_requires.append("xformers>=0.0.27")
+                else:
+                    _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post1")
             elif (major, minor) >= (2, 3):
                 _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(torchao_version))
                 if patch == 0:
@@ -75,7 +81,6 @@ def parse_requirements():
 
     except PackageNotFoundError:
         pass
-
     return _install_requires, _dependency_links