diff --git a/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh b/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
index a090571ab49..7edb85e2af7 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ read -r BUILD_TOOL BUILD_MODE EDITABLE < <(parse_args "$@")
 # have already been installed, so we use PyTorch build from source here instead
 # of nightly. This allows CI to test against latest commits from PyTorch
 if [[ "${EDITABLE:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
-  install_executorch --use-pt-pinned-commit --editable
+  install_executorch --editable
 else
-  install_executorch --use-pt-pinned-commit
+  install_executorch
 fi
 build_executorch_runner "${BUILD_TOOL}" "${BUILD_MODE}"
-
-if [[ "${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-}" == *main* || "${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-}" == *gh* ]]; then
-  do_not_use_nightly_on_ci
-fi
diff --git a/install_requirements.py b/install_requirements.py
index 0600c123dab..53f795644e6 100644
--- a/install_requirements.py
+++ b/install_requirements.py
@@ -130,34 +130,38 @@ def install_requirements(use_pytorch_nightly):
 
 
 def install_optional_example_requirements(use_pytorch_nightly):
-    print("Installing packages in requirements-examples.txt")
+    print("Installing torch domain libraries")
+    DOMAIN_LIBRARIES = [
+        ("torchvision==0.23.0" if use_pytorch_nightly else "torchvision"),
+        "torchaudio==2.8.0" if use_pytorch_nightly else "torchaudio",
+    ]
+    # Then install domain libraries
     subprocess.run(
         [
             sys.executable,
             "-m",
             "pip",
             "install",
-            "-r",
-            "requirements-examples.txt",
+            *DOMAIN_LIBRARIES,
+            "--extra-index-url",
+            TORCH_URL,
         ],
         check=True,
     )
 
-    print("Installing torch domain libraries")
-    DOMAIN_LIBRARIES = [
-        ("torchvision==0.23.0" if use_pytorch_nightly else "torchvision"),
-        "torchaudio==2.8.0" if use_pytorch_nightly else "torchaudio",
-    ]
-    # Then install domain libraries
+    print("Installing packages in requirements-examples.txt")
     subprocess.run(
         [
             sys.executable,
             "-m",
             "pip",
             "install",
-            *DOMAIN_LIBRARIES,
+            "-r",
+            "requirements-examples.txt",
             "--extra-index-url",
             TORCH_URL,
+            "--upgrade-strategy",
+            "only-if-needed",
         ],
         check=True,
     )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d44fef42a5..a1ee4a5fc88 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ dependencies=[
   "pyyaml",
   "ruamel.yaml",
   "sympy",
+  "torch>=2.8.0,<2.9.0",
+  "torchaudio>=2.8.0,<2.9.0",
+  "torchvision>=0.23.0,<0.24.0",
   "torchao==0.12.0",
   "tabulate",
   # See also third-party/TARGETS for buck's typing-extensions version.