diff --git a/packages/fairchem-core/pyproject.toml b/packages/fairchem-core/pyproject.toml
index b29ca2a98..7ed3688f4 100644
--- a/packages/fairchem-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/fairchem-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = {text = "MIT License"}
 dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
 requires-python = ">=3.9, <3.13"
 dependencies = [
-    "torch==2.4",
+    "torch~=2.4.0",
     "numpy >=1.26.0, <2.0.0",
     "lmdb",
     "ase",