diff --git a/tests/test_load_image.py b/tests/test_load_image.py
index dc0af5e97e..498b9972b4 100644
--- a/tests/test_load_image.py
+++ b/tests/test_load_image.py
@@ -217,7 +217,12 @@ def test_nibabel_reader(self, input_param, filenames, expected_shape):
     @SkipIfNoModule("kvikio")
     @parameterized.expand([TEST_CASE_GPU_1, TEST_CASE_GPU_2, TEST_CASE_GPU_3, TEST_CASE_GPU_4])
     def test_nibabel_reader_gpu(self, input_param, filenames, expected_shape):
-        test_image = np.random.rand(128, 128, 128)
+        if torch.__version__.endswith("nv24.8"):
+            # related issue: https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/issues/8274
+            # for this version, use randint test case to avoid the issue
+            test_image = torch.randint(0, 256, (128, 128, 128), dtype=torch.uint8).numpy()
+        else:
+            test_image = np.random.rand(128, 128, 128)
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
             for i, name in enumerate(filenames):
                 filenames[i] = os.path.join(tempdir, name)