diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-fabric.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-fabric.yml
index 615633c5311bf..ef1ce3aea089c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-fabric.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-fabric.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       TORCH_URL_TEST: "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/test/cpu/"
       # TODO: Remove this - Enable running MPS tests on this platform
       DISABLE_MPS: ${{ matrix.os == 'macOS-14' && '1' || '0' }}
+      UV_TORCH_BACKEND: "cpu"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-pytorch.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-pytorch.yml
index e6ec0b3072d91..17f73aba3305d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-pytorch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-pytorch.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: ${{ ! (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/')) }}
       # TODO: Remove this - Enable running MPS tests on this platform
       DISABLE_MPS: ${{ matrix.os == 'macOS-14' && '1' || '0' }}
+      UV_TORCH_BACKEND: "cpu"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4d5d0b1638f5..bec03d8164ad4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
     # "error::DeprecationWarning",
     "error::FutureWarning",
     "ignore::FutureWarning:onnxscript", # Temporary ignore until onnxscript is updated
+    "ignore:The pynvml package is deprecated:FutureWarning", # Ignore pynvml deprecation warning, since it is not installed by PL directly
 ]
 xfail_strict = true
 junit_duration_report = "call"