diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index 9694345cc..efbba4e25 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,<2.6
+torch >=1.8.1,<2.7
 torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.7
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchvision
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index a81d7f20f..c27e5edfc 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, <2.6
+torch>=1.8.1, <2.7
 torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.7
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 matplotlib