diff --git a/photonai/requirements.txt b/photonai/requirements.txt
index 769bcfc4..e17993e5 100644
--- a/photonai/requirements.txt
+++ b/photonai/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###### Requirements with temporary Version Specifiers ######
 numpy
 matplotlib
-scikit-learn==1.5.2
+scikit-learn==1.6.1
 pandas
 plotly
 imbalanced-learn
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b648199..94998789 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy
 matplotlib
-scikit-learn==1.5.2
+scikit-learn==1.6.1
 pandas
 plotly
 imbalanced-learn==0.12.4