diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index a3261c0c5..6e9ca8ded 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def prepare_environment():
                 if not is_installed("xformers"):
                     exit(0)
         elif platform.system() == "Linux":
-            run_pip(f"install {xformers_package}", "xformers")
+            run_pip(f"install -U -I --no-deps {xformers_package}", "xformers")
 
     if not is_installed("ngrok") and args.ngrok:
         run_pip("install ngrok", "ngrok")