diff --git a/.build/requirements-minimal.txt b/.build/requirements-minimal.txt
index e8c41a839..d56cc5183 100644
--- a/.build/requirements-minimal.txt
+++ b/.build/requirements-minimal.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # use `make html-noplot` for htmls only (without evaluating sphinx-gallery)
 
 # PyTorch
-torch==2.8
+torch==2.12.0
 torchvision
 torchdata