diff --git a/flair/file_utils.py b/flair/file_utils.py
index 518d69e809..53fac0f75b 100644
--- a/flair/file_utils.py
+++ b/flair/file_utils.py
@@ -382,4 +382,4 @@ def load_torch_state(model_file: str) -> dict[str, typing.Any]:
         # to load models on some Mac/Windows setups
         # see https://github.com/zalandoresearch/flair/issues/351
         f = load_big_file(model_file)
-        return torch.load(f, map_location="cpu")
+        return torch.load(f, map_location="cpu", weights_only=False)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2704114ace..39cf750c66 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ scikit-learn>=1.0.2
 segtok>=1.5.11
 sqlitedict>=2.0.0
 tabulate>=0.8.10
-torch>=1.5.0,!=1.8
+torch>=1.13.1
 tqdm>=4.63.0
 transformer-smaller-training-vocab>=0.2.3
 transformers[sentencepiece]>=4.25.0,<5.0.0