diff --git a/requirements-cpu.txt b/requirements-cpu.txt
index 27ca8ca5dbc58..3f306da819fec 100644
--- a/requirements-cpu.txt
+++ b/requirements-cpu.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 -r requirements-common.txt
 
 # Dependencies for x86_64 CPUs
+ray >= 2.9
 torch == 2.4.0+cpu; platform_machine != "ppc64le"
 torchvision; platform_machine != "ppc64le"   # required for the image processor of phi3v, this must be updated alongside torch