diff --git a/.github/CodeQL Analysis.yml b/.github/CodeQL Analysis.yml
index 8b1378917..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.github/CodeQL Analysis.yml	
+++ b/.github/CodeQL Analysis.yml	
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/.github/agent.md b/.github/agent.md
index 8b1378917..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.github/agent.md
+++ b/.github/agent.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/dev-requirements.txt b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/dev-requirements.txt
index 929c58f8a..1b2bfa285 100644
--- a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pytest==9.1.1
 requests==2.34.2          # HTTP client for test_api.py
 
 # === Type checking & linting ===
-mypy==2.1.0
+mypy==2.2.0
 
 # === Build tools (optional for local development) ===
 # pip-tools==6.14.0       # pip-compile for generating constraints.txt
diff --git a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/requirements.txt b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/requirements.txt
index fbd43133e..705ff445c 100644
--- a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/production/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ joblib==1.5.3
 
 # === Deep learning / ML runtime ===
 # NOTE: For CUDA-enabled servers, install the appropriate torch wheel for your CUDA version
-torch==2.12.1
+torch==2.13.0
 
 # === Quantum ML ===
 # Keep pennylane and pennylane-lightning versions compatible
diff --git a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/requirements.txt b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/requirements.txt
index f25cc46b1..77d7b5640 100644
--- a/ai-projects/quantum-ml/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai-projects/quantum-ml/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pennylane>=0.45.1,<1.0.0
 ## versions require sympy>=1.13.1 while pennylane-qiskit 0.39.x requires
 ## sympy<1.13. Install this adapter only in a dedicated environment when needed.
 # pennylane-qiskit>=0.39.0,<0.40.0
-torch>=2.12.0,<3.0.0
+torch>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
 numpy>=2.5.1,<3.0.0
 scipy>=1.18.0,<2.0.0
 qiskit-machine-learning==0.9.0  # Compatible with Qiskit 1.3.x and Azure Quantum's NumPy<2 constraint