diff --git a/TTS/utils/io.py b/TTS/utils/io.py
index 3107ba66..f80f4ee2 100644
--- a/TTS/utils/io.py
+++ b/TTS/utils/io.py
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ def load_fsspec(
             filecache={"cache_storage": str(get_user_data_dir("tts_cache"))},
             mode="rb",
         ) as f:
-            return torch.load(f, map_location=map_location, **kwargs)
+            return torch.load(f, map_location=map_location, **kwargs, weights_only=False)
     else:
         with fsspec.open(path, "rb") as f:
-            return torch.load(f, map_location=map_location, **kwargs)
+            return torch.load(f, map_location=map_location, **kwargs, weights_only=False)
 
 
 def load_checkpoint(