diff --git a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
index 92e27f143d8d..ad4030e1208f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
@@ -789,8 +789,10 @@ steps:
   - vllm/
   - tests/models/language/generation
   commands:
-    # Install causal-conv1d for plamo2 models here, as it is not compatible with pip-compile.
-    - pip install 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.0.post8'
+    # Install fast path packages for testing against transformers
+    # Note: also needed to run plamo2 model in vLLM
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba@v2.2.5'
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.2'
     - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m '(not core_model) and (not hybrid_model)'
 
 - label: Language Models Test (PPL)
diff --git a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
index 3f1d50d55810..6cbc25b4b3bf 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml
@@ -699,8 +699,10 @@ steps:
   - vllm/
   - tests/models/language/generation
   commands:
-    # Install causal-conv1d for plamo2 models here, as it is not compatible with pip-compile.
-    - pip install 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.0.post8'
+    # Install fast path packages for testing against transformers
+    # Note: also needed to run plamo2 model in vLLM
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba@v2.2.5'
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.2'
     - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m '(not core_model) and (not hybrid_model)'
 
 - label: Language Models Test (PPL)