diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/06-graph-neural-networks/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/06-graph-neural-networks/requirements.txt
index 1c8316b8d..182fa6e4f 100644
--- a/course_UvA-DL/06-graph-neural-networks/requirements.txt
+++ b/course_UvA-DL/06-graph-neural-networks/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ torch-sparse ==0.6.*
 torch-cluster ==1.6.*
 torch-spline-conv ==1.2.*
 torch-geometric ==2.1.*
+
+# todo: some compatibility issues
+numpy <2.0
diff --git a/lightning_examples/reinforce-learning-DQN/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/reinforce-learning-DQN/requirements.txt
index 9dc9c9be6..a619f886b 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/reinforce-learning-DQN/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/reinforce-learning-DQN/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ seaborn
 # todo: pin version intill reinstall with PT-eco alignment
 torch ==2.1.*
 torchvision ==0.16.*
+
+# todo: some compatibility issues
+numpy <2.0
diff --git a/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
index 1a5997e27..d8fff5ee4 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ scikit-learn
 torchmetrics >=1.0, <1.2
 torchtext
 transformers
-datasets
+datasets <=2.21
 # todo: pin version intill reinstall with PT-eco alignment
 torch ==2.1.*
 torchvision ==0.16.*
+numpy <2.0