diff --git a/e2e/pipelines/test_named_entity_extractor.py b/e2e/pipelines/test_named_entity_extractor.py
index 4eb096423c..b1894a2abf 100644
--- a/e2e/pipelines/test_named_entity_extractor.py
+++ b/e2e/pipelines/test_named_entity_extractor.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 
 import pytest
+from thinc.api import NumpyOps, get_current_ops, set_current_ops
 
 from haystack import Document, Pipeline
 from haystack.components.extractors import (
@@ -132,3 +133,34 @@ def _check_predictions(predicted, expected) -> None:
             assert a.entity == b.entity
             assert a.start == b.start
             assert a.end == b.end
+
+class TestNamedEntityExtractorDeviceRestoration:
+    def test_spacy_backend_restores_device_state(self):
+        """
+        Verify that NamedEntityExtractor (spaCy) restores the previous Thinc Ops state
+        after the component runs.
+        """
+        # 1. Setup a custom state
+        custom_ops = NumpyOps()
+        setattr(custom_ops, "owner", "test_marker")
+        set_current_ops(custom_ops)
+
+        try:
+            # 2. Initialize and run (triggering the context manager)
+            extractor = NamedEntityExtractor(backend="spacy", model="en_core_web_sm")
+
+            # Since _SpacyBackend is private, we access it via getattr to avoid IDE warnings
+            backend = getattr(extractor, "_backend")
+            select_device_method = getattr(backend, "_select_device")
+
+            with select_device_method():
+                # Inside the context, the state might change
+                pass
+
+            # 3. Verify state is restored
+            final_ops = get_current_ops()
+            assert getattr(final_ops, "owner", None) == "test_marker"
+
+        finally:
+            # Clean up global state
+            set_current_ops(NumpyOps())
diff --git a/haystack/components/embedders/hugging_face_api_document_embedder.py b/haystack/components/embedders/hugging_face_api_document_embedder.py
index e35e910db1..0435ba3a50 100644
--- a/haystack/components/embedders/hugging_face_api_document_embedder.py
+++ b/haystack/components/embedders/hugging_face_api_document_embedder.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def _embed_batch(self, texts_to_embed: list[str], batch_size: int) -> list[list[
         ):
             batch = texts_to_embed[i : i + batch_size]
 
-            np_embeddings = self._client.feature_extraction(text=batch, truncate=truncate, normalize=normalize)
+            np_embeddings = self._client.feature_extraction(text=batch, truncate=truncate, normalize=normalize)  # type: ignore
 
             if np_embeddings.ndim != 2 or np_embeddings.shape[0] != len(batch):
                 raise ValueError(f"Expected embedding shape ({batch_size}, embedding_dim), got {np_embeddings.shape}")
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ async def _embed_batch_async(self, texts_to_embed: list[str], batch_size: int) -
         async def _runner(batch: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
             async with sem:
                 np_embeddings = await self._async_client.feature_extraction(
-                    text=batch, truncate=truncate, normalize=normalize
+                    text=batch,
+                    truncate=truncate,
+                    normalize=normalize,  # type: ignore
                 )
 
                 if np_embeddings.ndim != 2 or np_embeddings.shape[0] != len(batch):
diff --git a/haystack/components/extractors/named_entity_extractor.py b/haystack/components/extractors/named_entity_extractor.py
index 259d0855fc..a971f48254 100644
--- a/haystack/components/extractors/named_entity_extractor.py
+++ b/haystack/components/extractors/named_entity_extractor.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 with LazyImport(message="Run 'pip install spacy'") as spacy_import:
     import spacy
     from spacy import Language as SpacyPipeline
+    from thinc.api import get_current_ops, set_current_ops
 
 
 class NamedEntityExtractorBackend(Enum):
@@ -492,17 +493,11 @@ def _select_device(self) -> Iterator[None]:
         """
         Context manager used to run spaCy models on a specific GPU in a scoped manner.
         """
-
-        # TODO: This won't restore the active device.
-        # Since there are no opaque API functions to determine
-        # the active device in spaCy/Thinc, we can't do much
-        # about it as a consumer unless we start poking into their
-        # internals.
         device_id = self._device.to_spacy()
+        previous_ops = get_current_ops()
         try:
             if device_id >= 0:
                 spacy.require_gpu(device_id)
             yield
         finally:
-            if device_id >= 0:
-                spacy.require_cpu()
+            set_current_ops(previous_ops)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Restore-Thinc-Ops-state-in-NamedEntityExtractor-spaCy-backend-44be660745d5c3b4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Restore-Thinc-Ops-state-in-NamedEntityExtractor-spaCy-backend-44be660745d5c3b4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..727a9cadaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Restore-Thinc-Ops-state-in-NamedEntityExtractor-spaCy-backend-44be660745d5c3b4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed a bug in ``NamedEntityExtractor`` where the spaCy/Thinc device state was not correctly 
+    restored after execution, potentially affecting the device configuration of other spaCy 
+    components in the same process.