diff --git a/financial/vector-mcp-ai-agents/requirements_backend.txt b/financial/vector-mcp-ai-agents/requirements_backend.txt
index cc53e91..a6e5171 100644
--- a/financial/vector-mcp-ai-agents/requirements_backend.txt
+++ b/financial/vector-mcp-ai-agents/requirements_backend.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ numpy>=1.26.0
 pandas>=2.2.0
 
 # Optional AI/ML dependencies
-torch==2.1.0
+torch==2.8.0
 transformers==4.36.0
 openai==1.3.8