diff --git a/torch/_export/serde/serialize.py b/torch/_export/serde/serialize.py
index f3c1ec6cd36..a08ede5fcd8 100644
--- a/torch/_export/serde/serialize.py
+++ b/torch/_export/serde/serialize.py
@@ -2315,16 +2315,19 @@ class ExportedProgramDeserializer(metaclass=Final):
         state_dict: Union[Dict[str, torch.Tensor], bytes],
         constants: Union[Dict[str, torch.Tensor], bytes],
         example_inputs: Optional[Union[Tuple[Tuple[torch.Tensor, ...], Dict[str, Any]], bytes]] = None,
+        *,
+        _unsafe_skip_version_check=False,
     ) -> ep.ExportedProgram:
         assert isinstance(exported_program, ExportedProgram)
         version = exported_program.schema_version
 
         # TODO(zhxchen17) blocked on thrift schema refactor
         if version.major != SCHEMA_VERSION[0] and not (version.major == 0 and version.minor == 0):
-            raise SerializeError(
-                f"Serialized schema version {exported_program.schema_version} "
-                f"does not match our current schema version {SCHEMA_VERSION}."
-            )
+            if not _unsafe_skip_version_check:
+                raise SerializeError(
+                    f"Serialized schema version {exported_program.schema_version} "
+                    f"does not match our current schema version {SCHEMA_VERSION}."
+                )
 
         symbol_name_to_range = {
             k: symbolic_shapes.ValueRanges(
@@ -2448,6 +2451,8 @@ def _dict_to_dataclass(cls, data):
 def deserialize(
     artifact: SerializedArtifact,
     expected_opset_version: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = None,
+    *,
+    _unsafe_skip_version_check=False,
 ) -> ep.ExportedProgram:
     assert isinstance(artifact.exported_program, bytes)
     exported_program_str = artifact.exported_program.decode("utf-8")
@@ -2460,6 +2465,7 @@ def deserialize(
             artifact.state_dict,
             artifact.constants,
             artifact.example_inputs,
+            _unsafe_skip_version_check=_unsafe_skip_version_check,
         )
     )