diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65919200..6e39f2a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
   'scipy (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)',
   # 'scipy (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0) ; python_version >= "3.10"',
   # 'scipy (>=1.6.0,<1.14.0) ; python_version < "3.10"',
+  "accelerate>=1.8.1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 76e71334..bac6a8b8 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ name = "docling"
 version = "2.41.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "accelerate" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
     { name = "certifi" },
     { name = "docling-core", extra = ["chunking"] },
@@ -902,6 +903,7 @@ examples = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
+    { name = "accelerate", specifier = ">=1.8.1" },
     { name = "accelerate", marker = "extra == 'vlm'", specifier = ">=1.2.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4", specifier = ">=4.12.3,<5.0.0" },
     { name = "certifi", specifier = ">=2024.7.4" },