diff --git a/timm/models/_builder.py b/timm/models/_builder.py
index 7741cf94..8d124afe 100644
--- a/timm/models/_builder.py
+++ b/timm/models/_builder.py
@@ -177,12 +177,21 @@ def load_pretrained(
             model.load_pretrained(pretrained_loc)
             return
         else:
-            state_dict = load_state_dict_from_url(
-                pretrained_loc,
-                map_location='cpu',
-                progress=_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS,
-                check_hash=_CHECK_HASH,
-            )
+            try:
+                state_dict = load_state_dict_from_url(
+                    pretrained_loc,
+                    map_location='cpu',
+                    progress=_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS,
+                    check_hash=_CHECK_HASH,
+                    weights_only=True,
+                )
+            except TypeError:
+                state_dict = load_state_dict_from_url(
+                    pretrained_loc,
+                    map_location='cpu',
+                    progress=_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS,
+                    check_hash=_CHECK_HASH,
+                )
     elif load_from == 'hf-hub':
         _logger.info(f'Loading pretrained weights from Hugging Face hub ({pretrained_loc})')
         if isinstance(pretrained_loc, (list, tuple)):
@@ -193,7 +202,7 @@ def load_pretrained(
             else:
                 state_dict = load_state_dict_from_hf(*pretrained_loc)
         else:
-            state_dict = load_state_dict_from_hf(pretrained_loc)
+            state_dict = load_state_dict_from_hf(pretrained_loc, weights_only=True)
     else:
         model_name = pretrained_cfg.get('architecture', 'this model')
         raise RuntimeError(f"No pretrained weights exist for {model_name}. Use `pretrained=False` for random init.")
diff --git a/timm/models/_helpers.py b/timm/models/_helpers.py
index ea7ea290..3622b104 100644
--- a/timm/models/_helpers.py
+++ b/timm/models/_helpers.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def load_state_dict(
         checkpoint_path: str,
         use_ema: bool = True,
         device: Union[str, torch.device] = 'cpu',
+        weights_only: bool = False,
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     if checkpoint_path and os.path.isfile(checkpoint_path):
         # Check if safetensors or not and load weights accordingly
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ def load_state_dict(
             assert _has_safetensors, "`pip install safetensors` to use .safetensors"
             checkpoint = safetensors.torch.load_file(checkpoint_path, device=device)
         else:
-            checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=device)
+            try:
+                checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=device, weights_only=weights_only)
+            except TypeError:
+                checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=device)
 
         state_dict_key = ''
         if isinstance(checkpoint, dict):
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ def load_checkpoint(
         strict: bool = True,
         remap: bool = False,
         filter_fn: Optional[Callable] = None,
+        weights_only: bool = False,
 ):
     if os.path.splitext(checkpoint_path)[-1].lower() in ('.npz', '.npy'):
         # numpy checkpoint, try to load via model specific load_pretrained fn
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ def load_checkpoint(
             raise NotImplementedError('Model cannot load numpy checkpoint')
         return
 
-    state_dict = load_state_dict(checkpoint_path, use_ema, device=device)
+    state_dict = load_state_dict(checkpoint_path, use_ema, device=device, weights_only=weights_only)
     if remap:
         state_dict = remap_state_dict(state_dict, model)
     elif filter_fn:
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ def resume_checkpoint(
 ):
     resume_epoch = None
     if os.path.isfile(checkpoint_path):
-        checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location='cpu')
+        checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location='cpu', weights_only=False)
         if isinstance(checkpoint, dict) and 'state_dict' in checkpoint:
             if log_info:
                 _logger.info('Restoring model state from checkpoint...')
diff --git a/timm/models/_hub.py b/timm/models/_hub.py
index e3eafc48..19b3dcf0 100644
--- a/timm/models/_hub.py
+++ b/timm/models/_hub.py
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ def load_model_config_from_hf(model_id: str):
     return pretrained_cfg, model_name, model_args
 
 
-def load_state_dict_from_hf(model_id: str, filename: str = HF_WEIGHTS_NAME):
+def load_state_dict_from_hf(
+        model_id: str,
+        filename: str = HF_WEIGHTS_NAME,
+        weights_only: bool = False,
+):
     assert has_hf_hub(True)
     hf_model_id, hf_revision = hf_split(model_id)
 
@@ -187,7 +191,11 @@ def load_state_dict_from_hf(model_id: str, filename: str = HF_WEIGHTS_NAME):
     # Otherwise, load using pytorch.load
     cached_file = hf_hub_download(hf_model_id, filename=filename, revision=hf_revision)
     _logger.debug(f"[{model_id}] Safe alternative not found for '{filename}'. Loading weights using default pytorch.")
-    return torch.load(cached_file, map_location='cpu')
+    try:
+        state_dict = torch.load(cached_file, map_location='cpu', weights_only=weights_only)
+    except TypeError:
+        state_dict = torch.load(cached_file, map_location='cpu')
+    return state_dict
 
 
 def load_custom_from_hf(model_id: str, filename: str, model: torch.nn.Module):