diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 65096865..ba44071d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel
 # PyTorch
 # Temp. disabled the next line as it gets currently resolved to https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm3.8/torch-1.7.1%2Brocm3.8-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl
 #--find-links=https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html
-torch>1.5,<1.9
+torch>1.5,<2.6
 # progress bars in model download and training scripts
 tqdm
 # Accessing files from S3 directly.
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ scipy>=1.3.2
 sklearn
 # Metrics or logging related
 seqeval
-mlflow<=1.13.1
+mlflow<=2.17.1
 # huggingface repository
-transformers==4.5.0
+transformers==4.38.0
 # accessing dictionary elements with dot notation
 dotmap
 # for inference-rest-apis
-Werkzeug==0.16.1
-flask<2.0.0
+Werkzeug==3.0.6
+flask<4.0.0
 flask-restplus
 flask-cors
 dill # pickle extension for (de-)serialization