diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e0b1cbe..f8cc5ec5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ logging = [
     "dvclive>=2.12.0",
 ]
 extra = [
-    "hub-sdk>=0.0.8", # Ultralytics HUB
+    "hub-sdk>=0.0.12", # Ultralytics HUB
     "ipython", # interactive notebook
     "albumentations>=1.4.6", # training augmentations
     "pycocotools>=2.0.7", # COCO mAP
diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index 85944a54..fd8570e3 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics YOLO 🚀, AGPL-3.0 license
 
-__version__ = "8.2.100"
+__version__ = "8.2.101"
 
 
 import os
diff --git a/ultralytics/engine/model.py b/ultralytics/engine/model.py
index 67751889..fcafc9f7 100644
--- a/ultralytics/engine/model.py
+++ b/ultralytics/engine/model.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Model(nn.Module):
         # Check if Ultralytics HUB model from https://hub.ultralytics.com
         if self.is_hub_model(model):
             # Fetch model from HUB
-            checks.check_requirements("hub-sdk>=0.0.8")
+            checks.check_requirements("hub-sdk>=0.0.12")
             session = HUBTrainingSession.create_session(model)
             model = session.model_file
             if session.train_args:  # training sent from HUB
diff --git a/ultralytics/hub/__init__.py b/ultralytics/hub/__init__.py
index 33b0c374..9c9c9dfa 100644
--- a/ultralytics/hub/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/hub/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def login(api_key: str = None, save=True) -> bool:
     Returns:
         (bool): True if authentication is successful, False otherwise.
     """
-    checks.check_requirements("hub-sdk>=0.0.8")
+    checks.check_requirements("hub-sdk>=0.0.12")
     from hub_sdk import HUBClient
 
     api_key_url = f"{HUB_WEB_ROOT}/settings?tab=api+keys"  # set the redirect URL
diff --git a/ultralytics/hub/session.py b/ultralytics/hub/session.py
index 170bb82b..89b5ddfc 100644
--- a/ultralytics/hub/session.py
+++ b/ultralytics/hub/session.py
@@ -63,22 +63,24 @@ class HUBTrainingSession:
         # Initialize client
         self.client = HUBClient(credentials)
 
-        # Load models if authenticated
-        if self.client.authenticated:
+        # Load models
+        try:
             if model_id:
                 self.load_model(model_id)  # load existing model
             else:
                 self.model = self.client.model()  # load empty model
+        except Exception:
+            if identifier.startswith(f"{HUB_WEB_ROOT}/models/") and not self.client.authenticated:
+                LOGGER.warning(
+                    f"{PREFIX}WARNING ⚠️ Please log in using 'yolo login API_KEY'. "
+                    "You can find your API Key at: https://hub.ultralytics.com/settings?tab=api+keys."
+                )
 
     @classmethod
     def create_session(cls, identifier, args=None):
         """Class method to create an authenticated HUBTrainingSession or return None."""
         try:
             session = cls(identifier)
-            if not session.client.authenticated:
-                if identifier.startswith(f"{HUB_WEB_ROOT}/models/"):
-                    LOGGER.warning(f"{PREFIX}WARNING ⚠️ Login to Ultralytics HUB with 'yolo hub login API_KEY'.")
-                return None
             if args and not identifier.startswith(f"{HUB_WEB_ROOT}/models/"):  # not a HUB model URL
                 session.create_model(args)
                 assert session.model.id, "HUB model not loaded correctly"