diff --git a/spacy_llm/tests/models/test_hf.py b/spacy_llm/tests/models/test_hf.py
index 1b785808..306e879a 100644
--- a/spacy_llm/tests/models/test_hf.py
+++ b/spacy_llm/tests/models/test_hf.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def test_device_config_conflict(model: Tuple[str, str]):
             with pytest.raises(ImportError, match="requires Accelerate"):
                 nlp.add_pipe("llm", name="llm3", config=cfg)
 
+    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.gpu
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not has_torch_cuda_gpu, reason="needs GPU & CUDA")
@@ -74,3 +76,5 @@ def test_torch_dtype():
     cfg["model"]["config_init"] = {"torch_dtype": "float999"}  # type: ignore[index]
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid value float999"):
         nlp.add_pipe("llm", name="llm3", config=cfg)
+
+    torch.cuda.empty_cache()