diff --git a/src/llmcompressor/__init__.py b/src/llmcompressor/__init__.py
index 2e9547a0f..df6b5ef56 100644
--- a/src/llmcompressor/__init__.py
+++ b/src/llmcompressor/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 The library is designed to be flexible and easy to use on top of
 PyTorch and HuggingFace Transformers, allowing for quick experimentation.
 """
+import os
+os.environ["TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM"] = "false"
 
 # ruff: noqa