diff --git a/requirements/lite/strategies.txt b/requirements/lite/strategies.txt
index c06fac969bb65..fc506a784e557 100644
--- a/requirements/lite/strategies.txt
+++ b/requirements/lite/strategies.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-fairscale>=0.4.5, <=0.4.6
+fairscale>=0.4.5, <0.4.13
 deepspeed>=0.6.0, <=0.7.0
diff --git a/requirements/pytorch/strategies.txt b/requirements/pytorch/strategies.txt
index 040b8212776b9..e8a2372affa95 100644
--- a/requirements/pytorch/strategies.txt
+++ b/requirements/pytorch/strategies.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
 colossalai>=0.1.10
-fairscale>=0.4.5, <=0.4.6
+fairscale>=0.4.5, <0.4.13
 deepspeed>=0.6.0, <=0.7.0
 # no need to install with [pytorch] as pytorch is already installed
 horovod>=0.21.2, !=0.24.0, <=0.26.1