diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/model_parallel.py b/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/model_parallel.py
index f8dd017cc1..6880c9784f 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/model_parallel.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/model_parallel.py
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def _load_checkpoint(
         return metadata
 
     if _is_full_checkpoint(path):
-        checkpoint = torch.load(path, mmap=True, map_location="cpu")
+        checkpoint = torch.load(path, mmap=True, map_location="cpu", weights_only=False)
         _load_raw_module_state(checkpoint.pop(module_key), module, strict=strict)
 
         state_dict_options = StateDictOptions(
diff --git a/tests/tests_fabric/plugins/precision/test_bitsandbytes.py b/tests/tests_fabric/plugins/precision/test_bitsandbytes.py
index 31d655fc4c..d531161682 100644
--- a/tests/tests_fabric/plugins/precision/test_bitsandbytes.py
+++ b/tests/tests_fabric/plugins/precision/test_bitsandbytes.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_bitsandbytes_layers_meta_device(args, expected, tmp_path):
         model = MyModel()
     ckpt_path = tmp_path / "foo.ckpt"
     torch.save(state_dict, ckpt_path)
-    torch.load(str(ckpt_path), mmap=True)
+    torch.load(str(ckpt_path), mmap=True, weights_only=True)
     keys = model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=True, assign=True)  # quantizes
     assert not keys.missing_keys
     assert model.l.weight.device.type == "cuda"
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def test_load_quantized_checkpoint(tmp_path):
     fabric = Fabric(accelerator="cuda", devices=1, plugins=BitsandbytesPrecision("nf4-dq"))
     model = Model()
     model = fabric.setup(model)
-    state_dict = torch.load(tmp_path / "checkpoint.pt")
+    state_dict = torch.load(tmp_path / "checkpoint.pt", weights_only=True)
     model.load_state_dict(state_dict)
     assert model.linear.weight.dtype == torch.uint8
     assert model.linear.weight.shape == (128, 1)
diff --git a/tests/tests_fabric/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py b/tests/tests_fabric/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
index 73614b02d3..dfbdb16b10 100644
--- a/tests/tests_fabric/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
+++ b/tests/tests_fabric/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ def test_train_save_load(precision, tmp_path):
     assert state["coconut"] == 11
 
 
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::FutureWarning")
 @RunIf(min_torch="2.4", min_cuda_gpus=2, standalone=True)
 def test_save_full_state_dict(tmp_path):
     """Test that ModelParallelStrategy saves the full state into a single file with
@@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ def test_save_full_state_dict(tmp_path):
     _train(fabric, model, optimizer)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::FutureWarning")
 @RunIf(min_torch="2.4", min_cuda_gpus=2, standalone=True)
 def test_load_full_state_dict_into_sharded_model(tmp_path):
     """Test that the strategy can load a full-state checkpoint into a distributed model."""
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_ddp_integration.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_ddp_integration.py
index bd86bfa6ce..836072d36b 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_ddp_integration.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_ddp_integration.py
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ class BoringZeroRedundancyOptimizerModel(BoringModel):
         return ZeroRedundancyOptimizer(self.layer.parameters(), optimizer_class=torch.optim.Adam, lr=0.1)
 
 
+# ZeroRedundancyOptimizer internally calls `torch.load` with `weights_only` not set, triggering the FutureWarning
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::FutureWarning")
 @RunIf(min_cuda_gpus=2, skip_windows=True)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("strategy", [pytest.param("ddp", marks=RunIf(standalone=True)), "ddp_spawn"])
 def test_ddp_strategy_checkpoint_zero_redundancy_optimizer(strategy, tmp_path):
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
index 5947277b05..57d2739175 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/strategies/test_model_parallel_integration.py
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ def test_load_full_state_checkpoint_into_regular_model(tmp_path):
     trainer.strategy.barrier()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::FutureWarning")
 @RunIf(min_torch="2.4", min_cuda_gpus=2, skip_windows=True, standalone=True)
 def test_load_standard_checkpoint_into_distributed_model(tmp_path):
     """Test that a regular checkpoint (weights and optimizer states) can be loaded into a distributed model."""
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ def test_load_standard_checkpoint_into_distributed_model(tmp_path):
     trainer.strategy.barrier()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::FutureWarning")
 @RunIf(min_torch="2.4", min_cuda_gpus=2, standalone=True)
 def test_save_load_sharded_state_dict(tmp_path):
     """Test saving and loading with the distributed state dict format."""