diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ab1f969..4119f2e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     if [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ]; then \
       python3 -m pip install \
         --no-cache-dir --disable-pip-version-check --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu  \
-        torch==2.3.1+cpu .[all]; \
+        torch==2.5.1+cpu .[all]; \
     else \
       python3 -m pip install \
         --no-cache-dir --disable-pip-version-check \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.wolfi b/Dockerfile.wolfi
index 3d94ffd..d54be8f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.wolfi
+++ b/Dockerfile.wolfi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     if [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ]; then \
       python3 -m pip install \
         --no-cache-dir --disable-pip-version-check --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu  \
-        torch==2.3.1+cpu .[all]; \
+        torch==2.5.1+cpu .[all]; \
     else \
       python3 -m pip install \
         --no-cache-dir --disable-pip-version-check \
diff --git a/eland/cli/eland_import_hub_model.py b/eland/cli/eland_import_hub_model.py
index 9496e91..2475abc 100755
--- a/eland/cli/eland_import_hub_model.py
+++ b/eland/cli/eland_import_hub_model.py
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@ def check_cluster_version(es_client, logger):
         )
         exit(1)
 
-    # PyTorch was upgraded to version 2.3.1 in 8.15.2
+    # PyTorch was upgraded to version 2.5.1 in 8.18.0
     # and is incompatible with earlier versions
-    if sem_ver < (8, 15, 2):
+    if sem_ver < (8, 18, 0):
         import torch
 
         logger.error(
-            f"Eland uses PyTorch version {torch.__version__} which is incompatible with Elasticsearch versions prior to 8.15.2. Please upgrade Elasticsearch to at least version 8.15.2"
+            f"Eland uses PyTorch version {torch.__version__} which is incompatible with Elasticsearch versions prior to 8.18.0. Please upgrade Elasticsearch to at least version 8.18.0"
         )
         exit(1)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 65dc1f2..fcc252c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extras = {
     "lightgbm": ["lightgbm>=2,<4"],
     "pytorch": [
         "requests<3",
-        "torch==2.3.1",
+        "torch==2.5.1",
         "tqdm",
         "sentence-transformers>=2.1.0,<=2.7.0",
         # sentencepiece is a required dependency for the slow tokenizers
diff --git a/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_config_pytest.py b/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_config_pytest.py
index 6adc885..ca90e1a 100644
--- a/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_config_pytest.py
+++ b/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_config_pytest.py
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ from tests import ES_VERSION
 
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.skipif(
-        ES_VERSION < (8, 15, 1),
-        reason="Eland uses Pytorch 2.3.1, versions of Elasticsearch prior to 8.15.1 are incompatible with PyTorch 2.3.1",
+        ES_VERSION < (8, 18, 0),
+        reason="Eland uses Pytorch 2.5.1, versions of Elasticsearch prior to 8.18.0 are incompatible with PyTorch 2.5.1",
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(
         not HAS_SKLEARN, reason="This test requires 'scikit-learn' package to run"
diff --git a/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_upload_pytest.py b/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_upload_pytest.py
index 09fa439..8ccb567 100644
--- a/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_upload_pytest.py
+++ b/tests/ml/pytorch/test_pytorch_model_upload_pytest.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ from tests import ES_TEST_CLIENT, ES_VERSION
 
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.skipif(
-        ES_VERSION < (8, 15, 2),
-        reason="Eland uses Pytorch 2.3.1, versions of Elasticsearch prior to 8.15.2 are incompatible with PyTorch 2.3.1",
+        ES_VERSION < (8, 18, 0),
+        reason="Eland uses Pytorch 2.5.1, versions of Elasticsearch prior to 8.18.0 are incompatible with PyTorch 2.5.1",
     ),
     pytest.mark.skipif(
         not HAS_SKLEARN, reason="This test requires 'scikit-learn' package to run"