diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index bc3537b..4e3f646 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ python-multipart==0.0.20
 torch>=2.1.0
 torchvision>=0.16.0
 huggingface_hub>=0.27.0
+hf_xet>=0.1.0
 diffusers>=0.32.0
 transformers>=4.48.0,<5.0.0
 accelerate>=1.3.0