diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/conftest.py b/tests/models/multimodal/conftest.py
index d00c3df786dc..70d4eee9b357 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/conftest.py
@@ -6,9 +6,18 @@
 import warnings
 
 import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
 
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 
+# openbmb/MiniCPM-Llama3-V-2_5's remote ``resampler.py`` annotates with ``List``
+# without importing it, relying on the alias leaking from
+# ``from torch.nn.functional import *``. Recent torch uses builtin generics and no
+# longer re-exports the typing aliases, so executing that module raises NameError.
+# TODO: Remove once the checkpoint fixes its imports.
+if not hasattr(F, "List"):
+    F.List = list
+
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     """Early ROCm configuration that must happen before test collection."""