diff --git a/tests/code_coverage_tests/liccheck.ini b/tests/code_coverage_tests/liccheck.ini
index 65ac01123d..20b6e06ad0 100644
--- a/tests/code_coverage_tests/liccheck.ini
+++ b/tests/code_coverage_tests/liccheck.ini
@@ -145,3 +145,4 @@ nodejs-wheel-binaries: >=24.12.0 # MIT license manually verified
 grpcio: >=1.69.0 # Apache License 2.0
 jaraco.context: >=6.1.0 # Unknown license
 pypdf: >=6.6.2 # BSD-3-Clause license - https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/blob/main/LICENSE
+hf-xet: >=1.4.2 # Apache 2.0 License - https://github.com/huggingface/xet-tools/blob/main/LICENSE