diff --git a/dev/pyproject.toml b/dev/pyproject.toml
index 7924b0b..537ca51 100644
--- a/dev/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dev/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # that supports CUDA >= 12.0, so it covers a much broader range of
     # real-world machines. Raise this ceiling once the CUDA 13 driver floor
     # is actually the common case in the communities we ship to.
-    "torch>=2.1.0,<2.11",
+    "torch>=2.8.0,<2.11",
     "smact>=2.7.0",
     "mace-torch>=0.3.0",
 ]