diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e7aea839..ffa53689a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "scipy >= 1.9.0",
   "numba >= 0.56, < 0.59",
   "cffi >= 1.15.0",
-  "torch ==2.*",           # p2c: -s pytorch==2.*
+  "torch ~=2.1",           # p2c: -s pytorch==2.*
   "threadpoolctl >=3.0",
   "binpickle >= 0.3.2",
   "seedbank >= 0.1.0",