diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index 758f5419d..58c9be796 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,<2.7
+torch >=1.8.1,<2.8
 torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.8
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchvision
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index c32a1c908..b9bf7dbff 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, <2.7
+torch>=1.8.1, <2.8
 torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.8
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 matplotlib