diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bddb6a2fe..5c3964dcd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ wget
 python-multipart
 python-docx
 sqlalchemy_utils
-faiss-gpu
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+faiss-cpu
+# for using FAISS with GPUs, install faiss-gpu
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