diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0886e0380..31bac4b52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ hf = [
     "datasets>=3.0.0",
     "deepspeed>=0.9.6; platform_system != 'Darwin' and platform_system != 'Windows'",
     "diffusers>=0.32.2",
+    "httpx>=0.23.0,<1",
     "huggingface_hub>=0.24.0",
     "nltk",
     "peft>=0.17.0",
diff --git a/tests/unit/torch/speculative/plugins/test_hf_streaming_dataset.py b/tests/unit/torch/speculative/plugins/test_hf_streaming_dataset.py
index efd77267b..00b5a1f6a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/torch/speculative/plugins/test_hf_streaming_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/unit/torch/speculative/plugins/test_hf_streaming_dataset.py
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ import sys
 import types
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
-import httpx
 import pytest
 import torch
 
 # hf_streaming_dataset imports LabelSmoother at module scope.
 pytest.importorskip("transformers")
+httpx = pytest.importorskip("httpx")
 
 from modelopt.torch.speculative.plugins import hf_streaming_dataset
 from modelopt.torch.speculative.plugins.hf_streaming_dataset import (
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8a2d0efe1..bd9da2459 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2620,6 +2620,7 @@ all = [
     { name = "deepspeed", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
     { name = "diffusers" },
     { name = "fire" },
+    { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "huggingface-hub" },
     { name = "hydra-core" },
     { name = "immutabledict" },
@@ -2658,6 +2659,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "deepspeed", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
     { name = "diffusers" },
     { name = "fire" },
+    { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "huggingface-hub" },
     { name = "hydra-core" },
     { name = "immutabledict" },
@@ -2744,6 +2746,7 @@ hf = [
     { name = "datasets" },
     { name = "deepspeed", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
     { name = "diffusers" },
+    { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "huggingface-hub" },
     { name = "nltk" },
     { name = "peft" },
@@ -2794,6 +2797,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "deepspeed", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32' and extra == 'hf'", specifier = ">=0.9.6" },
     { name = "diffusers", marker = "extra == 'hf'", specifier = ">=0.32.2" },
     { name = "fire", marker = "extra == 'puzzletron'" },
+    { name = "httpx", marker = "extra == 'hf'", specifier = ">=0.23.0,<1" },
     { name = "huggingface-hub", marker = "extra == 'hf'", specifier = ">=0.24.0" },
     { name = "hydra-core", marker = "extra == 'puzzletron'", specifier = "~=1.3.4" },
     { name = "immutabledict", marker = "extra == 'puzzletron'" },