diff --git a/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-ms-hosted.yml b/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-ms-hosted.yml
index 4a9cb69..2c4a3d1 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-ms-hosted.yml
+++ b/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-ms-hosted.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ pool:
   
 steps:
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    displayName: "Use Python 3.9"
+    displayName: "Use Python 3.11"
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: 3.9
+      versionSpec: 3.11
 
   - script: |
       python -m venv venv
diff --git a/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-self-hosted.yml b/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-self-hosted.yml
index efcf01b..c3b6a78 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-self-hosted.yml
+++ b/.azuredevops/ado-ci-pipeline-self-hosted.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ steps:
     displayName: "Check agent VM space"
 
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    displayName: "Use Python 3.9"
+    displayName: "Use Python 3.11"
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: 3.9
+      versionSpec: 3.11
 
   - script: |
       python -m venv venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1867ed3..bfaf26c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Python 3.9
+      - name: Setup Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index abf525b..57aecde 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-mypy==1.11.2
-pytest==8.3.3
+mypy==1.13.0
+pytest==8.3.4
 pre-commit==4.0.1
 pytest-cov==6.0.0
-ruff==0.6.8
+ruff==0.8.1
diff --git a/src/sample_pytorch_gpu_project/.devcontainer/requirements.txt b/src/sample_pytorch_gpu_project/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
index 098f19c..353f37d 100644
--- a/src/sample_pytorch_gpu_project/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/sample_pytorch_gpu_project/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-torch==2.4.1
-torchvision==0.19.1
-# use this below if you want to use torch 1.13.1 instead. 
-#  you need --extra-index-url flag as stated in https://pytorch.org/get-started/previous-versions/#linux-and-windows-1
-# torch==1.13.1+cu117
-# torchvision==0.14.1+cu117
-# --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu117
-
+torch==2.5.1
+torchvision==0.20.1
 # the below are used by AML, can be deleted if not using AML
-mlflow==2.16.2
-azureml-mlflow==1.57.0.post1
\ No newline at end of file
+mlflow==2.15.1
+azureml-mlflow==1.58.0.post3