diff --git a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
index 14eb4ec21b44..aa3ec892bb99 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ steps:
   no_gpu: true
   commands:
     - "pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git || echo 'Mantis installation skipped (decord not available on CPU-only environment)'"
+    - pip install timm==1.0.22
     - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/processing --ignore models/multimodal/processing/test_tensor_schema.py
 
 - label: Multi-Modal Processor Test
diff --git a/.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml b/.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml
index fc24068c20a4..8ab9efcc9162 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ steps:
   no_gpu: true
   commands:
     - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pip install timm==1.0.22
     - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/processing --ignore models/multimodal/processing/test_tensor_schema.py
 
 - label: Multi-Modal Processor # 44min