diff --git a/machine-learning/test_main.py b/machine-learning/test_main.py
index 5145be0045..be574c6397 100644
--- a/machine-learning/test_main.py
+++ b/machine-learning/test_main.py
@@ -816,6 +816,10 @@ class TestFaceRecognition:
 
     def test_recognition(self, cv_image: cv2.Mat, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
         mocker.patch.object(FaceRecognizer, "load")
+        mocker.patch(
+            "immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ort.get_available_providers",
+            return_value=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
+        )
         face_recognizer = FaceRecognizer("buffalo_s", min_score=0.0, cache_dir="test_cache")
 
         num_faces = 2
@@ -860,6 +864,10 @@ class TestFaceRecognition:
         )
         mocker.patch("immich_ml.models.base.InferenceModel.download")
         mocker.patch("immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ArcFaceONNX")
+        mocker.patch(
+            "immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ort.get_available_providers",
+            return_value=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
+        )
         ort_session.return_value.get_inputs.return_value = [SimpleNamespace(name="input.1", shape=(1, 3, 224, 224))]
         ort_session.return_value.get_outputs.return_value = [SimpleNamespace(name="output.1", shape=(1, 800))]
         path.return_value.__truediv__.return_value.__truediv__.return_value.suffix = ".onnx"
@@ -894,6 +902,10 @@ class TestFaceRecognition:
         )
         mocker.patch("immich_ml.models.base.InferenceModel.download")
         mocker.patch("immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ArcFaceONNX")
+        mocker.patch(
+            "immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ort.get_available_providers",
+            return_value=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
+        )
         path.return_value.__truediv__.return_value.__truediv__.return_value.suffix = ".onnx"
 
         inputs = [SimpleNamespace(name="input.1", shape=("batch", 3, 224, 224))]
@@ -996,6 +1008,10 @@ class TestFaceRecognition:
 
     def test_ignore_other_custom_max_batch_size(self, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
         mocker.patch.object(settings, "max_batch_size", MaxBatchSize(ocr=2))
+        mocker.patch(
+            "immich_ml.models.facial_recognition.recognition.ort.get_available_providers",
+            return_value=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
+        )
 
         recognizer = FaceRecognizer("buffalo_l", cache_dir="test_cache")