diff --git a/tests/test_policies.py b/tests/test_policies.py
index 75633fe6..bb0c7b80 100644
--- a/tests/test_policies.py
+++ b/tests/test_policies.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from lerobot.common.policies.normalize import Normalize, Unnormalize
 from lerobot.common.policies.policy_protocol import Policy
 from lerobot.common.utils.utils import init_hydra_config
 from tests.scripts.save_policy_to_safetensor import get_policy_stats
-from tests.utils import DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, DEVICE, require_env, require_x86_64_kernel
+from tests.utils import DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, DEVICE, require_cpu, require_env, require_x86_64_kernel
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("policy_name", available_policies)
@@ -296,16 +296,17 @@ def test_normalize(insert_temporal_dim):
 # As artifacts have been generated on an x86_64 kernel, this test won't
 # pass if it's run on another platform due to floating point errors
 @require_x86_64_kernel
+@require_cpu
 def test_backward_compatibility(env_name, policy_name, extra_overrides):
     """
     NOTE: If this test does not pass, and you have intentionally changed something in the policy:
         1. Inspect the differences in policy outputs and make sure you can account for them. Your PR should
            include a report on what changed and how that affected the outputs.
-        2. Go to the `if __name__ == "__main__"` block of `test/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py` and
+        2. Go to the `if __name__ == "__main__"` block of `tests/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py` and
            add the policies you want to update the test artifacts for.
-        3. Run `python test/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py`. The test artifact should be updated.
+        3. Run `python tests/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py`. The test artifact should be updated.
         4. Check that this test now passes.
-        5. Remember to restore `test/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py` to its original state.
+        5. Remember to restore `tests/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensors.py` to its original state.
         6. Remember to stage and commit the resulting changes to `tests/data`.
     """
     env_policy_dir = Path("tests/data/save_policy_to_safetensors") / f"{env_name}_{policy_name}"