diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6da562fc0c..cec5f41084 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ def parse_requirements():
         else:
             # detect the version of torch already installed
             # and set it so dependencies don't clobber the torch version
-            torch_version = version("torch")
+            try:
+                torch_version = version("torch")
+            except PackageNotFoundError:
+                torch_version = "2.5.1"
             _install_requires.append(f"torch=={torch_version}")
 
             version_match = re.match(r"^(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?", torch_version)
@@ -54,6 +57,10 @@ def parse_requirements():
 
             if (major, minor) >= (2, 5):
                 _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
+                if patch == 0:
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post2")
+                else:
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post3")
                 _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(autoawq_version))
             elif (major, minor) >= (2, 4):
                 if patch == 0: