diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af9a656..1ca74b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Create a conda environment and install dependencies:
 
 ```bash
 # create conda environment
-conda create -n eo python=3.10
+conda create -n eo python=3.11
 conda activate eo
 pip install --upgrade setuptools
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79c18e2..d4ce381 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyserial>=3.5",
     "wandb>=0.20.0",
 
-    "torch==2.7.0",
+    "torch",
     "torchcodec>=0.2.1; sys_platform != 'win32' and (sys_platform != 'linux' or (platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64' and platform_machine != 'armv7l')) and (sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64')",
     "torchvision>=0.21.0",