diff --git a/requirements/common.txt b/requirements/common.txt
index 243a6ce7e..13c7d35a9 100644
--- a/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/requirements/common.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
 # base image does not ship it, so declare it explicitly. The loader also guards
 # this import so a missing gguf no longer breaks all diffusion model loading.
 gguf>=0.10.0
+# Required for running the Cosmos3 model with guardrails enabled (default behavior).
+cosmos-guardrail>=0.3.1
diff --git a/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/cosmos3/guardrails.py b/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/cosmos3/guardrails.py
index 3c6166e85..3065f58ac 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/cosmos3/guardrails.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/cosmos3/guardrails.py
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ except ImportError:
         # ``model_config["guardrails"]`` is False.
         def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             raise ValueError(
-                f"You have disabled the safety checker for {self.__class__}. This is in violation of the "
+                f"The guardrails are enabled but not functional for {self.__class__}. This is most likely due to a"
+                f"missing cosmos-guardrail package. Please install cosmos-guardrail to be compliant with the "
                 "[NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement]"
-                "(https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/agreements/enterprise-software/nvidia-open-model-license). "
-                f"Please ensure that you are compliant with the license agreement."
-                f"Please install cosmos-guardrail package to enable safety checks."
+                "(https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/agreements/enterprise-software/nvidia-open-model-license)."
             )