diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/test_cuda.yml
index d60a9c909a..6bf4c8552f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_cuda.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
          && sudo apt-get -y install cuda-12-3 libcudnn8=8.9.5.*-1+cuda12.3
       if: false  # skip as we use nvidia image
     - run: python -m pip install -U uv
-    - run: source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system "tensorflow>=2.15.0rc0" "torch==2.3.1.*"
+    - run: source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system "tensorflow~=2.18.0rc2" "torch~=2.5.0"
     - run: |
         export PYTORCH_ROOT=$(python -c 'import torch;print(torch.__path__[0])')
         export TENSORFLOW_ROOT=$(python -c 'import importlib,pathlib;print(pathlib.Path(importlib.util.find_spec("tensorflow").origin).parent)')
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: 0
     - name: Download libtorch
       run: |
-         wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu121/libtorch-cxx11-abi-shared-with-deps-2.2.1%2Bcu121.zip -O libtorch.zip
+         wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu124/libtorch-cxx11-abi-shared-with-deps-2.5.0%2Bcu124.zip -O libtorch.zip
          unzip libtorch.zip
     - run: |
         export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/libtorch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
index 87d7266e03..e46bddd98a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: python -m pip install -U uv
     - run: |
         source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system mpich
-        source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system "torch==2.3.0+cpu.cxx11.abi" -i https://download.pytorch.org/whl/
+        source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system torch -i https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
         export PYTORCH_ROOT=$(python -c 'import torch;print(torch.__path__[0])')
         source/install/uv_with_retry.sh pip install --system --only-binary=horovod -e .[cpu,test,jax] horovod[tensorflow-cpu] mpi4py
       env:
diff --git a/backend/find_pytorch.py b/backend/find_pytorch.py
index e01f4e84fe..6ca4ddb0ab 100644
--- a/backend/find_pytorch.py
+++ b/backend/find_pytorch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
 import importlib
 import os
+import platform
 import site
 from functools import (
     lru_cache,
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@
     Union,
 )
 
+from packaging.specifiers import (
+    SpecifierSet,
+)
 from packaging.version import (
     Version,
 )
@@ -104,6 +108,20 @@ def get_pt_requirement(pt_version: str = "") -> dict:
     """
     if pt_version is None:
         return {"torch": []}
+    if (
+        os.environ.get("CIBUILDWHEEL", "0") == "1"
+        and platform.system() == "Linux"
+        and platform.machine() == "x86_64"
+    ):
+        cuda_version = os.environ.get("CUDA_VERSION", "12.2")
+        if cuda_version == "" or cuda_version in SpecifierSet(">=12,<13"):
+            # CUDA 12.2, cudnn 9
+            pt_version = "2.5.0"
+        elif cuda_version in SpecifierSet(">=11,<12"):
+            # CUDA 11.8, cudnn 8
+            pt_version = "2.3.1"
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError("Unsupported CUDA version") from None
     if pt_version == "":
         pt_version = os.environ.get("PYTORCH_VERSION", "")
 
diff --git a/backend/find_tensorflow.py b/backend/find_tensorflow.py
index 5b0de0b2dd..1fc3a8a6d9 100644
--- a/backend/find_tensorflow.py
+++ b/backend/find_tensorflow.py
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ def find_tensorflow() -> tuple[Optional[str], list[str]]:
         if os.environ.get("CIBUILDWHEEL", "0") == "1":
             cuda_version = os.environ.get("CUDA_VERSION", "12.2")
             if cuda_version == "" or cuda_version in SpecifierSet(">=12,<13"):
-                # CUDA 12.2
+                # CUDA 12.2, cudnn 9
                 requires.extend(
                     [
-                        "tensorflow-cpu>=2.15.0rc0; platform_machine=='x86_64' and platform_system == 'Linux'",
+                        "tensorflow-cpu>=2.18.0rc0; platform_machine=='x86_64' and platform_system == 'Linux'",
                     ]
                 )
             elif cuda_version in SpecifierSet(">=11,<12"):
-                # CUDA 11.8
+                # CUDA 11.8, cudnn 8
                 requires.extend(
                     [
                         "tensorflow-cpu>=2.5.0rc0,<2.15; platform_machine=='x86_64' and platform_system == 'Linux'",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4dbff24f13..06d39fe2f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ cu12 = [
     "nvidia-curand-cu12",
     "nvidia-cusolver-cu12",
     "nvidia-cusparse-cu12",
-    "nvidia-cudnn-cu12<9",
+    "nvidia-cudnn-cu12",
     "nvidia-cuda-nvcc-cu12",
 ]
 jax = [
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ PATH = "/usr/lib64/mpich/bin:$PATH"
 UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
 # trick to find the correction version of mpich
 CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/python/cp311-cp311/"
-# PT 2.4.0 requires cudnn 9, incompatible with TF with cudnn 8
-PYTORCH_VERSION = "2.3.1"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
 test-extras = ["cpu", "torch"]