diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index efbba4e25..758f5419d 100644
--- a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
+++ b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
 torch >=1.8.1,<2.7
-torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.7
+torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.8
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchvision
 matplotlib
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index c27e5edfc..c32a1c908 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
 torch>=1.8.1, <2.7
-torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.7
+torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.8
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 matplotlib
diff --git a/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
index d8fff5ee4..fd5dfb096 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/text-transformers/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ scipy
 scikit-learn
 torchmetrics >=1.0, <1.2
 torchtext
-transformers
+transformers <4.50
 datasets <=2.21
 # todo: pin version intill reinstall with PT-eco alignment
 torch ==2.1.*