diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index dcd410a4b..ffda276a4 100644
--- a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
+++ b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
-torch >=1.8.1,<2.5
+torch >=1.8.1,<2.6
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.5
 torchvision
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index bd1d460b7..26e51f2ad 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
-torch>=1.8.1, <2.5
+torch>=1.8.1, <2.6
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.5
 matplotlib