diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f18dffa9..ca571662 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "datasets==2.18.0",
     "ml-collections",
     "numpy",
-    "torch",
+    "torch>=2.10.0",
     "tqdm",
     "transformers==4.41.0",
 ]
diff --git a/src/slicegpt/hf_utils.py b/src/slicegpt/hf_utils.py
index bc4eb4ed..b97ad079 100755
--- a/src/slicegpt/hf_utils.py
+++ b/src/slicegpt/hf_utils.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         torch.nn.init.uniform_ = skip
         torch.nn.init.normal_ = skip
 
-        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_ = kaiming_fn
-        torch.nn.init.uniform_ = uniform_fn
-        torch.nn.init.normal_ = normal_fn
+        try:
+            result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        finally:
+            torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_ = kaiming_fn
+            torch.nn.init.uniform_ = uniform_fn
+            torch.nn.init.normal_ = normal_fn
 
         return result
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ def load_sliced_model(
 
     logging.info(f"Loading sliced model weights from {sliced_model_path}")
     model_adapter.model.load_state_dict(
-        torch.load(str(pathlib.Path(sliced_model_path) / my_sliced_model_name), map_location="cpu")
+        torch.load(str(pathlib.Path(sliced_model_path) / my_sliced_model_name), map_location="cpu", weights_only=True)
     )
     model_adapter.model.eval()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_hf_utils.py b/tests/test_hf_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6d64b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_hf_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+import pathlib
+import pickle
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from slicegpt import hf_utils
+
+
+class _FakeModel:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.loaded_state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor] | None = None
+        self.eval_called = False
+
+    def load_state_dict(self, state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> None:
+        self.loaded_state_dict = state_dict
+
+    def eval(self) -> None:
+        self.eval_called = True
+
+
+class _FakeModelAdapter:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.hidden_size = 2
+        self.model = _FakeModel()
+        self.parallel_blocks = True
+        self.slicing_conf = hf_utils.SlicingConfig()
+
+    def get_layers(self) -> list[Any]:
+        return []
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _restore_torch_initializers():
+    initializers = (
+        torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.normal_,
+    )
+    yield
+    (
+        torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.normal_,
+    ) = initializers
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mocked_model_loading(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> _FakeModelAdapter:
+    model_adapter = _FakeModelAdapter()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_utils, "get_model_and_tokenizer", lambda *args, **kwargs: (model_adapter, object()))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_utils, "replace_layers", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_utils, "fuse_modules", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_utils, "slice_rotated_model", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+
+    return model_adapter
+
+
+def test_load_sliced_model_loads_tensor_state_dict_with_restricted_cpu_torch_load(
+    tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    mocked_model_loading: _FakeModelAdapter,
+) -> None:
+    state_dict = {"weight": torch.ones(1)}
+    torch.save(state_dict, tmp_path / "tiny_0.5.pt")
+
+    load_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    original_torch_load = torch.load
+
+    def recording_torch_load(*args, **kwargs):
+        load_kwargs.update(kwargs)
+        return original_torch_load(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hf_utils.torch, "load", recording_torch_load)
+
+    hf_utils.load_sliced_model("tiny", str(tmp_path), sparsity=0.5)
+
+    assert load_kwargs.get("map_location") == "cpu"
+    assert load_kwargs.get("weights_only") is True
+    assert mocked_model_loading.model.loaded_state_dict is not None
+    assert torch.equal(mocked_model_loading.model.loaded_state_dict["weight"], state_dict["weight"])
+    assert mocked_model_loading.model.eval_called
+
+
+def _write_sentinel(path: str) -> None:
+    pathlib.Path(path).write_text("executed")
+
+
+class _MaliciousReducer:
+    def __init__(self, sentinel_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+        self.sentinel_path = sentinel_path
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        return _write_sentinel, (str(self.sentinel_path),)
+
+
+def test_load_sliced_model_rejects_pickle_payload_without_executing_or_loading_state(
+    tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+    mocked_model_loading: _FakeModelAdapter,
+) -> None:
+    sentinel_path = tmp_path / "sentinel"
+    torch.save({"payload": _MaliciousReducer(sentinel_path)}, tmp_path / "tiny_0.5.pt")
+    initializers = (
+        torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.normal_,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(pickle.UnpicklingError, match="Weights only load failed"):
+        hf_utils.load_sliced_model("tiny", str(tmp_path), sparsity=0.5)
+
+    assert not sentinel_path.exists()
+    assert mocked_model_loading.model.loaded_state_dict is None
+    assert (
+        torch.nn.init.kaiming_uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.uniform_,
+        torch.nn.init.normal_,
+    ) == initializers