diff --git a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
index 43acecf76..227274f7b 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ install_extra_deps() {
     $PIP_CMD install ${MOONCAKE_PKG} ${EXTRA_NVIDIA_SPECS} py-spy scipy huggingface_hub[hf_xet] pytest $PIP_INSTALL_SUFFIX
 
     # Best-effort NIXL install for decode-radix disaggregation coverage.
-    $PIP_CMD install nixl $PIP_INSTALL_SUFFIX || echo "Warning: nixl install failed; continuing without nixl"
+    $PIP_CMD install nixl --force-reinstall --no-deps $PIP_INSTALL_SUFFIX || echo "Warning: nixl install failed; continuing without nixl"
 
     if [ "$IS_BLACKWELL" != "1" ]; then
         git clone --branch v0.5 --depth 1 https://github.com/EvolvingLMMs-Lab/lmms-eval.git