diff --git a/microservices/item_response_theory/requirements.txt b/microservices/item_response_theory/requirements.txt
index c4ee6edd..d8893df5 100644
--- a/microservices/item_response_theory/requirements.txt
+++ b/microservices/item_response_theory/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fastapi==0.65.2
 uvicorn==0.14.0
 py-irt==0.3.3
-torch==1.13.1
+torch==2.4.0
 pyro-ppl==1.7.0
 girth_mcmc==0.2.1
 absl-py==1.3.0