diff --git a/python/pyproject_other.toml b/python/pyproject_other.toml
index 52f04854d..86ccfe910 100755
--- a/python/pyproject_other.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_other.toml
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ srt_hip = [
   "torch",
   "petit_kernel==0.0.2",
   "wave-lang==3.8.2",
+  # HOTFIX (2026-05-28): compressed-tensors 0.16.0 added `torch>=2.10.0`,
+  # which forces pip off the ROCm wheel (torch 2.9.1+rocm7.2) and silently
+  # swaps it for the PyPI default `torch 2.12.0+cu130`, breaking the
+  # downstream HIP build of fast-hadamard-transform with a NameError on
+  # `bare_metal_version`. Pin below 0.16.0 until the ROCm base ships
+  # torch>=2.10.
+  "compressed-tensors<0.16.0",
 ]
 
 diffusion_hip = [