diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py b/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
index 38d7380dc7905..9f620e6a4e3a4 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
@@ -102,14 +102,21 @@ def register_accelerators(cls, accelerator_registry: _AcceleratorRegistry) -> No
 # PJRT support requires this minimum version
 _XLA_AVAILABLE = RequirementCache("torch_xla>=1.13", "torch_xla")
 _XLA_GREATER_EQUAL_2_1 = RequirementCache("torch_xla>=2.1")
+_XLA_GREATER_EQUAL_2_5 = RequirementCache("torch_xla>=2.5")
 
 
 def _using_pjrt() -> bool:
+    # `using_pjrt` is removed in torch_xla 2.5
+    if _XLA_GREATER_EQUAL_2_5:
+        from torch_xla import runtime as xr
+
+        return xr.device_type() is not None
     # delete me when torch_xla 2.2 is the min supported version, where XRT support has been dropped.
     if _XLA_GREATER_EQUAL_2_1:
         from torch_xla import runtime as xr
 
         return xr.using_pjrt()
+
     from torch_xla.experimental import pjrt
 
     return pjrt.using_pjrt()
diff --git a/tests/tests_fabric/accelerators/test_xla.py b/tests/tests_fabric/accelerators/test_xla.py
index 1af7d7e1e7206..7a906c8ae0c54 100644
--- a/tests/tests_fabric/accelerators/test_xla.py
+++ b/tests/tests_fabric/accelerators/test_xla.py
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ def test_get_parallel_devices_raises(tpu_available):
         XLAAccelerator.get_parallel_devices(5)
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Could not parse.*anything-else'"):
         XLAAccelerator.get_parallel_devices("anything-else")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not _XLA_AVAILABLE, reason="test requires torch_xla to be present")
+def test_instantiate_xla_accelerator():
+    _ = XLAAccelerator()