diff --git a/examples/convert_legacy_llama.py b/examples/convert_legacy_llama.py
index c4ec5c524e9..710cca96be1 100755
--- a/examples/convert_legacy_llama.py
+++ b/examples/convert_legacy_llama.py
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ def do_dump_model(model_plus: ModelPlus) -> None:
 
 def main(args_in: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
     output_choices = ["f32", "f16"]
-    if np.uint32(1) == np.uint32(1).newbyteorder("<"):
+    if np.uint32(1) == np.uint32(1).view(np.dtype(np.uint32).newbyteorder("<")):
         # We currently only support Q8_0 output on little endian systems.
         output_choices.append("q8_0")
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert a LLaMA model to a GGML compatible file")
diff --git a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
index bb9b86ace75..dcd6769ebae 100644
--- a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8"
-numpy = ">=1.17"
+numpy = ">=2.1"
 tqdm = ">=4.27"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 sentencepiece = ">=0.1.98,<=0.2.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d71b055a8d..9e37dcc7a9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9"
-numpy = "^1.25.0"
+python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
+numpy = "^2.1"
 sentencepiece = ">=0.1.98,<=0.2.0"
 transformers = ">=4.35.2,<5.0.0"
 protobuf = ">=4.21.0,<5.0.0"
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
index 5320fe5864a..2f91e31ec2e 100644
--- a/pyrightconfig.json
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extraPaths": ["gguf-py"],
-  "pythonVersion": "3.9",
+  "pythonVersion": "3.10",
   "pythonPlatform": "All",
   "reportUnusedImport": "warning",
   "reportDuplicateImport": "error",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     {
       // TODO: make this version override work correctly
       "root": "gguf-py",
-      "pythonVersion": "3.8",
+      "pythonVersion": "3.10",
     },
     {
       // uses match expressions in steps.py
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@
       "pythonVersion": "3.10",
     },
   ],
- }
+  "exclude": [
+    "tools/mtmd/legacy-models",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf.txt
index 8cb9c354f01..d327a01fb15 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -r ./requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-torch~=2.2.1
+torch>=2.5.1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf_update.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf_update.txt
index 8cb9c354f01..d327a01fb15 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf_update.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert_hf_to_gguf_update.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -r ./requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-torch~=2.2.1
+torch>=2.5.1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
index 859204b27eb..c025e101226 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-numpy~=1.26.4
+numpy>=2.1
 sentencepiece~=0.2.0
 transformers>=4.45.1,<5.0.0
 gguf>=0.1.0
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-gguf_editor_gui.txt b/requirements/requirements-gguf_editor_gui.txt
index 920dc7cf90b..7e4724253f7 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-gguf_editor_gui.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-gguf_editor_gui.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-numpy~=1.26.4
+numpy>=2.1
 PySide6~=6.9.0
 gguf>=0.16.0
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-tool_bench.txt b/requirements/requirements-tool_bench.txt
index b94521fc7fa..2959802ed27 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-tool_bench.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-tool_bench.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ aiohttp~=3.9.3
 pytest~=8.3.3
 huggingface_hub~=0.23.2
 matplotlib~=3.10.0
-numpy~=1.26.4
+numpy>=2.1
 openai~=1.55.3
 pandas~=2.2.3
 prometheus-client~=0.20.0
-requests~=2.32.3
+requests>=2.28.1
 wget~=3.2
 typer~=0.15.1
 seaborn~=0.13.2
diff --git a/tools/mtmd/requirements.txt b/tools/mtmd/requirements.txt
index cbcbf26c9b4..513f9dda513 100644
--- a/tools/mtmd/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/mtmd/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -r ../../requirements/requirements-convert_legacy_llama.txt
 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 pillow~=10.2.0
-torch~=2.2.1
-torchvision~=0.17.1
+torch>=2.5
+torchvision>=0.20.1
diff --git a/tools/server/tests/requirements.txt b/tools/server/tests/requirements.txt
index 15d024914e8..4fc3c75d36a 100644
--- a/tools/server/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/server/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 aiohttp~=3.9.3
 pytest~=8.3.3
 huggingface_hub~=0.23.2
-numpy~=1.26.4
+numpy>=2.1
 openai~=1.55.3
 prometheus-client~=0.20.0
-requests~=2.32.3
+requests>=2.28.1
 wget~=3.2