diff --git a/python/pyproject_npu.toml b/python/pyproject_npu.toml
index 475756345..6fb3b95d6 100644
--- a/python/pyproject_npu.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_npu.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "tiktoken",
   "timm==1.0.16",
   "torchao==0.9.0",
-  "torchaudio==2.8.0",
   "tqdm",
   "mistral_common>=1.11.0",
   "transformers==5.8.1",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/npu/npu_ci_install_dependency.sh b/scripts/ci/npu/npu_ci_install_dependency.sh
index 9782861f4..83434b9ce 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/npu/npu_ci_install_dependency.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/npu/npu_ci_install_dependency.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ if [ -n "$OPTIONAL_DEPS" ]; then
 else
     PYTORCH_VERSION="2.8.0"
     TORCHVISION_VERSION="0.23.0"
-    ${UV_PIP_INSTALL} torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION} torchvision==${TORCHVISION_VERSION} --index-url ${TORCH_CACHE_URL:="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"} --extra-index-url ${PYPI_CACHE_URL:="https://pypi.org/simple/"}
+    TORCHAUDIO_VERSION="2.8.0"
+    ${UV_PIP_INSTALL} torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION} torchvision==${TORCHVISION_VERSION} torchaudio==${TORCHAUDIO_VERSION} --index-url ${TORCH_CACHE_URL:="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"} --extra-index-url ${PYPI_CACHE_URL:="https://pypi.org/simple/"}
     PTA_URL="https://gitcode.com/Ascend/pytorch/releases/download/v7.3.0-pytorch2.8.0/torch_npu-2.8.0.post2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl"
     ${PIP_INSTALL} ${PTA_URL}
 fi