diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 612ec955..fc819575 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -5232,7 +5232,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: .
   name: array-api-extra
   version: 0.7.2.dev0
-  sha256: dec3f5c0e283642441e3d0d2d24133e081494bb26fc1b8b4e33e1cc5eae06162
+  sha256: 3fad55a80a112d7bbf96ef291d9d500be2a20e5b72f3f17159f6cdb9d083e40a
   requires_dist:
   - array-api-compat>=1.11.2,<2
   requires_python: '>=3.10'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d81fe17..39bc5bea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ numpy = "=1.22.0"
 # Backends that can run on CPU-only hosts
 # Note: JAX and PyTorch will install CPU variants.
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.dependencies]
-pytorch = ">=1.13.1"
+pytorch = ">=2.6.0"
 dask = ">=2025.3.0"
 numba = ">=0.61.0"  # sparse dependency
 llvmlite = ">=0.44.0"  # sparse dependency
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ system-requirements = { cuda = "12" }
 [tool.pixi.feature.cuda-backends.target.linux-64.dependencies]
 cupy = ">=13.4.1"
 jaxlib = { version = ">=0.5.2", build = "cuda12*" }
-pytorch = { version = ">=1.13.1", build = "cuda12*" }
+pytorch = { version = ">=2.6.0", build = "cuda12*" }
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.cuda-backends.target.osx-64.dependencies]
 # cupy = "*"  # unavailable
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pytorch = { version = ">=1.13.1", build = "cuda12*" }
 [tool.pixi.feature.cuda-backends.target.win-64.dependencies]
 cupy = ">=13.4.1"
 # jaxlib = { version = "*", build = "cuda12*" }  # unavailable
-pytorch = { version = ">=1.13.1", build = "cuda12*" }
+pytorch = { version = ">=2.6.0", build = "cuda12*" }
 
 [tool.pixi.environments]
 default = { features = ["py313"], solve-group = "py313" }