diff --git a/requirements-ml.txt b/requirements-ml.txt
index 826fdd0..b9358f0 100644
--- a/requirements-ml.txt
+++ b/requirements-ml.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
-# ML stack
-torch>=2.2,<2.3
-torchvision>=0.17,<0.18
-transformers>=4.40,<4.41
-onnxruntime>=1.17,<1.18
-huggingface-hub>=0.22,<0.23
-opencv-python-headless>=4.9,<5.0
+# ML stack — versions current as of 2026-05-14 with Python 3.14 wheel coverage.
+
+torch>=2.12,<3.0
+
+# IMPORTANT: torchvision 0.27 declares requires_python "!=3.14.1,>=3.10" —
+# Python 3.14.1 specifically is excluded due to a known incompatibility.
+# The python-ci runner pulls python:3.14-bookworm (latest patch); if that
+# resolves to 3.14.1 the install will fail. Pin a specific Python patch in
+# the runner image (CI-Runner/CI-python/Dockerfile) if this becomes a
+# blocker. 3.14.0 and 3.14.2+ are fine.
+torchvision>=0.27,<0.28
+
+transformers>=5.8,<6.0
+onnxruntime>=1.26,<2.0
+huggingface-hub>=1.14,<2.0
+opencv-python-headless>=4.13,<5.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 31a60cc..27e5629 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,34 +1,28 @@
 # Web
-quart>=0.19,<0.20
-hypercorn>=0.16,<0.17
+quart>=0.20,<0.21
+hypercorn>=0.18,<0.19
 
 # DB
 sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0,<2.1
-# asyncpg 0.30 was the first release with Python 3.13/3.14 wheels (0.29 builds
-# from source on 3.14 and fails).
-asyncpg>=0.30,<0.31
-# psycopg 3.2 stabilized the resolver story; staying on 3.1 caused pip to
-# backtrack through dozens of versions trying to find a 3.14-compatible combo.
-psycopg[binary]>=3.2,<3.3
-alembic>=1.13,<1.14
-pgvector>=0.2,<0.3
+asyncpg>=0.31,<0.32
+psycopg[binary]>=3.3,<3.4
+alembic>=1.18,<1.19
+pgvector>=0.4,<0.5
 
 # Task queue
-celery>=5.4,<5.5
-redis>=5.0,<6.0
+celery>=5.6,<5.7
+redis>=7.4,<8.0
 
-# Crypto for credential storage (lands in FC-3, but pinned now for stability).
-# 44+ aligns with current cffi/abi3 wheels under Python 3.14.
-cryptography>=44,<46
+# Crypto for credential storage (lands in FC-3, but pinned now for stability)
+cryptography>=48,<49
 
-# Image handling (lands in FC-2). 11.x is the line with Python 3.13+ wheels;
-# 10.x has no 3.14 wheel and fails to build from source.
-pillow>=11.1,<12
+# Image handling (lands in FC-2)
+pillow>=12,<13
 imagehash>=4.3,<4.4
 
 # Gallery-dl wrapper (lands in FC-3)
-gallery-dl>=1.27,<1.28
+gallery-dl>=1.32,<1.33
 
 # Utilities
-python-dotenv>=1.0,<2.0
-structlog>=24.1,<25.0
+python-dotenv>=1.2,<2.0
+structlog>=25.5,<26.0