diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index 58c9be796..f53beda97 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,<2.8
-torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.8
+torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.9
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 torchvision
 matplotlib
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index b9bf7dbff..570dce6b1 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, <2.8
-torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.8
+torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.9
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.6
 matplotlib