diff --git a/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh b/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
index a090571ab49..7ee499c2d12 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/setup-linux.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ else
   install_executorch --use-pt-pinned-commit
 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..c36bace2de4 100644
--- a/install_requirements.py
+++ b/install_requirements.py
@@ -72,14 +72,6 @@ def install_requirements(use_pytorch_nightly):
         )
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    # pip packages needed by exir.
-    TORCH_PACKAGE = [
-        # Setting use_pytorch_nightly to false to test the pinned PyTorch commit. Note
-        # that we don't need to set any version number there because they have already
-        # been installed on CI before this step, so pip won't reinstall them
-        "torch==2.8.0" if use_pytorch_nightly else "torch",
-    ]
-
     # Install the requirements for core ExecuTorch package.
     # `--extra-index-url` tells pip to look for package
     # versions on the provided URL if they aren't available on the default URL.
@@ -91,7 +83,6 @@ def install_requirements(use_pytorch_nightly):
             "install",
             "-r",
             "requirements-dev.txt",
-            *TORCH_PACKAGE,
             "--extra-index-url",
             TORCH_URL,
         ],
@@ -143,25 +134,6 @@ def install_optional_example_requirements(use_pytorch_nightly):
         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
-    subprocess.run(
-        [
-            sys.executable,
-            "-m",
-            "pip",
-            "install",
-            *DOMAIN_LIBRARIES,
-            "--extra-index-url",
-            TORCH_URL,
-        ],
-        check=True,
-    )
-
 
 # Prebuilt binaries for Intel-based macOS are no longer available on PyPI; users must compile from source.
 # PyTorch stopped building macOS x86_64 binaries since version 2.3.0 (January 2024).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d44fef42a5..68d742a2795 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ dependencies=[
   "pyyaml",
   "ruamel.yaml",
   "sympy",
+  "torch>=2.8.0,<2.9.0",
   "torchao==0.12.0",
   "tabulate",
   # See also third-party/TARGETS for buck's typing-extensions version.
diff --git a/requirements-examples.txt b/requirements-examples.txt
index 83f3d6bac4c..78bcb3e5e40 100644
--- a/requirements-examples.txt
+++ b/requirements-examples.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ timm == 1.0.7
 torchsr == 1.0.4
 torchtune >= 0.6.1
 transformers ==4.47.1
+torchaudio>=2.8.0,<2.9.0
+torchvision>=0.23.0,<0.24.0
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