diff --git a/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml b/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
index 756d2a743702..e07e463d0e67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pytorch
         run: |
           # use the same pytorch version as transformers CI
-          pip install -U --cache-dir $TORCH_CACHE torch==2.1.0+cu118 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
+          pip install torch==2.0.1+cu118 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
           python -c "import torch; print('torch:', torch.__version__, torch)"
           python -c "import torch; print('CUDA available:', torch.cuda.is_available())"