diff --git a/dinov2/utils/param_groups.py b/dinov2/utils/param_groups.py
index c8d9a9e2a99bedffeb3ed63aa68c2480f4f0b013..72545547f5699db2d4b73e8bfec7e70df25d6a73 100644
--- a/dinov2/utils/param_groups.py
+++ b/dinov2/utils/param_groups.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ def get_vit_lr_decay_rate(name, lr_decay_rate=1.0, num_layers=12, force_is_backb
     """
     layer_id = num_layers + 1
     if name.startswith("backbone") or force_is_backbone:
-        if ".pos_embed" in name or ".patch_embed" in name or ".mask_token" in name or ".cls_token" in name:
+        if ".pos_embed" in name or ".patch_embed" in name or ".mask_token" in name or ".cls_token" in name or ".register_tokens" in name:
             layer_id = 0
         elif force_is_backbone and (
-            "pos_embed" in name or "patch_embed" in name or "mask_token" in name or "cls_token" in name
+            "pos_embed" in name or "patch_embed" in name or "mask_token" in name or "cls_token" in name or "register_tokens" in name
         ):
             layer_id = 0
         elif ".blocks." in name and ".residual." not in name: