diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull.yml b/.github/workflows/pull.yml
index ee7270a5d..96561ab64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull.yml
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ jobs:
           ./install/install_requirements.sh
 
           export TORCHCHAT_ROOT=$PWD
-          ./torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh
+          source ./torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh
+          install_executorch_python_libs
 
-          pip3 list
           python3 -c 'import torch;print(f"torch: {torch.__version__, torch.version.git_version}")'
           python3 -c 'import torchvision;print(f"torchvision: {torchvision.__version__, torchvision.version.git_version}")'
 
@@ -927,6 +927,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Intalling pip3 packages"
           ./install/install_requirements.sh
+
+          # Install ET
+          export TORCHCHAT_ROOT=$PWD
+          source ./torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh
+          install_executorch_python_libs
+
           pip3 list
           python3 -c 'import torch;print(f"torch: {torch.__version__, torch.version.git_version}")'
       - name: Set ET git sha
@@ -947,20 +953,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Installing ExecuTorch"
           bash torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh
-      - name: Install ExecuTorch python
-        run: |
-          echo "Install ExecuTorch python"
-          export TORCHCHAT_ROOT=$PWD
-          export ET_BUILD_DIR="et-build"
-          ENABLE_ET_PYBIND="${1:-true}"
-          source "torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh"
-          install_executorch_python_libs $ENABLE_ET_PYBIND
       - name: Install runner
         run: |
           echo "Installing runner"
           bash torchchat/utils/scripts/build_native.sh et
       - name: Run inference
         run: |
+          set -eou pipefail
           python torchchat.py download stories15M
           wget -O ./tokenizer.model https://github.com/karpathy/llama2.c/raw/master/tokenizer.model
 
diff --git a/install/.pins/et-pin.txt b/install/.pins/et-pin.txt
index e61fae3a5..7309e9c44 100644
--- a/install/.pins/et-pin.txt
+++ b/install/.pins/et-pin.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-72b3bb3194c611f7c4861e6f3b24af5de868af72
+2024-11-01
diff --git a/install/install_requirements.sh b/install/install_requirements.sh
index 6344509d8..4afa655e9 100755
--- a/install/install_requirements.sh
+++ b/install/install_requirements.sh
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ fi
 # NOTE: If a newly-fetched version of the executorch repo changes the value of
 # PYTORCH_NIGHTLY_VERSION, you should re-run this script to install the necessary
 # package versions.
-PYTORCH_NIGHTLY_VERSION=dev20241002
+PYTORCH_NIGHTLY_VERSION=dev20241030
 
 # Nightly version for torchvision
-VISION_NIGHTLY_VERSION=dev20241002
+VISION_NIGHTLY_VERSION=dev20241030
 
 # Nightly version for torchtune
 TUNE_NIGHTLY_VERSION=dev20241010
diff --git a/torchchat/export.py b/torchchat/export.py
index 7a7923119..0829c9c33 100644
--- a/torchchat/export.py
+++ b/torchchat/export.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def export_for_server(
     package: bool = True,
 ) -> str:
     """
-    Export the model using AOT Compile to get a .dso for server use cases.
+    Export the model using AOT Compile to get a .pt2 for server use cases.
 
     Args:
         model: The model to be exported.
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def export_for_server(
     Returns:
         The path to the exported model.
     """
+
     if dynamic_shapes:
         example_inputs = (
             torch.tensor([[1, 9038, 2501, 263, 931]], dtype=torch.int, device=device),
diff --git a/torchchat/utils/scripts/build_native.sh b/torchchat/utils/scripts/build_native.sh
index 3c2c1c846..72260fbdd 100755
--- a/torchchat/utils/scripts/build_native.sh
+++ b/torchchat/utils/scripts/build_native.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ fi
 pushd ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}
 git submodule update --init
 git submodule sync
+
+find_cmake_prefix_path
+
 if [[ "$TARGET" == "et" ]]; then
   if [ ! -d "${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install" ]; then
     echo "Directory ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install does not exist."
@@ -81,7 +84,6 @@ if [[ "$TARGET" == "et" ]]; then
     fi
 
     source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/install_utils.sh"
-    find_cmake_prefix_path
     EXECUTORCH_INCLUDE_DIRS="${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install/include;${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/src"
     EXECUTORCH_LIBRARIES="${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install/lib/libexecutorch_no_prim_ops.a;${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install/lib/libextension_threadpool.a;${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install/lib/libcpuinfo.a;${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/install/lib/libpthreadpool.a"
     install_torchao_executorch_ops
@@ -91,9 +93,9 @@ popd
 
 # CMake commands
 if [[ "$TARGET" == "et" ]]; then
-    cmake -S . -B ./cmake-out -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=`python3 -c 'import torch;print(torch.utils.cmake_prefix_path)'` -DLINK_TORCHAO_OPS="${LINK_TORCHAO_OPS}" -DET_USE_ADAPTIVE_THREADS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1" -G Ninja
+    cmake -S . -B ./cmake-out -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${MY_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" -DLINK_TORCHAO_OPS="${LINK_TORCHAO_OPS}" -DET_USE_ADAPTIVE_THREADS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1" -G Ninja
 else
-    cmake -S . -B ./cmake-out -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=`python3 -c 'import torch;print(torch.utils.cmake_prefix_path)'` -DLINK_TORCHAO_OPS="${LINK_TORCHAO_OPS}" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" -G Ninja
+    cmake -S . -B ./cmake-out -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${MY_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" -DLINK_TORCHAO_OPS="${LINK_TORCHAO_OPS}" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" -G Ninja
 fi
 cmake --build ./cmake-out --target "${TARGET}"_run
 
diff --git a/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh b/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh
index 8062a8316..4e85444ea 100755
--- a/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh
+++ b/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_et.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ if [ "${ET_BUILD_DIR}" == "" ]; then
   ET_BUILD_DIR="et-build"
 fi
 
-ENABLE_ET_PYBIND="${1:-true}"
-
 pushd ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}
 find_cmake_prefix_path
 clone_executorch
-install_executorch_libs $ENABLE_ET_PYBIND
+install_executorch_libs
 popd
diff --git a/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh b/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh
index 84966cc35..2d3887358 100644
--- a/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh
+++ b/torchchat/utils/scripts/install_utils.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ function find_cmake_prefix_path() {
   MY_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$path
 }
 
+
+function get_executorch_commit_hash_pin() {
+  # Assuming inside executorch
+  nightly_str=$(cat ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/install/.pins/et-pin.txt)
+  nightly_commit_hash=$(git log origin/nightly --format=%H --grep="${nightly_str} nightly release")
+  echo "Nightly commit hash: ${nightly_commit_hash}"
+}
+
 clone_executorch_internal() {
   rm -rf ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/src
 
@@ -34,7 +42,9 @@ clone_executorch_internal() {
   pushd ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/src
   git clone https://github.com/pytorch/executorch.git
   cd executorch
-  git checkout $(cat ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/install/.pins/et-pin.txt)
+  get_executorch_commit_hash_pin
+
+  git checkout "$nightly_commit_hash"
   echo "Install ExecuTorch: submodule update"
   git submodule sync
   git submodule update --init
@@ -60,9 +70,9 @@ clone_executorch() {
 
     # Check if the version is the same
     current_version=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    desired_version=$(cat ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/install/.pins/et-pin.txt)
+    get_executorch_commit_hash_pin
 
-    if [ "$current_version" == "$desired_version" ]; then
+    if [ "$current_version" == "$nightly_commit_hash" ]; then
       echo "ExecuTorch is already cloned with the correct version. Skipping clone."
       popd
       return
@@ -77,31 +87,16 @@ clone_executorch() {
 
 
 install_executorch_python_libs() {
-  if [ ! -d "${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}" ]; then
-    echo "Directory ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR} does not exist."
-    echo "Make sure you run clone_executorch"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  pushd ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/${ET_BUILD_DIR}/src
-  cd executorch
-
-  echo "Building and installing python libraries"
-  if [ "${ENABLE_ET_PYBIND}" = false ]; then
-      echo "Not installing pybind"
-      bash ./install_requirements.sh
-  else
-      echo "Installing pybind"
-      bash ./install_requirements.sh --pybind xnnpack
-  fi
-
+  NIGHTLY=$(cat ${TORCHCHAT_ROOT}/install/.pins/et-pin.txt | tr -d "-")
+  echo "Installing ExecuTorch nightly 0.5.0.dev${NIGHTLY}"
+  pip install executorch=="0.5.0.dev${NIGHTLY}" --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
   # TODO: figure out the root cause of 'AttributeError: module 'evaluate'
   # has no attribute 'utils'' error from evaluate CI jobs and remove
   # `import lm_eval` from torchchat.py since it requires a specific version
   # of numpy.
   pip install numpy=='1.26.4'
 
-  pip3 list
-  popd
+  pip list
 }
 
 COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS="\
@@ -166,7 +161,7 @@ install_executorch_libs() {
   EXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_CUSTOM_AOT_VAR=OFF
   EXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_CUSTOM_VAR=OFF
   install_executorch_cpp_libs
-  install_executorch_python_libs $1
+  install_executorch_python_libs
 }
 
 clone_torchao() {