diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
index f43b15760..9a5aebab5 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ src_func = f"""
 """
 
 convert_py_pth = pathlib.Path("convert-hf-to-gguf.py")
-convert_py = convert_py_pth.read_text()
+convert_py = convert_py_pth.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 convert_py = re.sub(
     r"(# Marker: Start get_vocab_base_pre)(.+?)( +# Marker: End get_vocab_base_pre)",
     lambda m: m.group(1) + src_func + m.group(3),
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ convert_py = re.sub(
     flags=re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE,
 )
 
-convert_py_pth.write_text(convert_py)
+convert_py_pth.write_text(convert_py, encoding="utf-8")
 
 logger.info("+++ convert-hf-to-gguf.py was updated")
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf-update.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf-update.txt
index 6eacaf429..a7112f396 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf-update.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf-update.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 -r ./requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt
-torch~=2.1.1
+torch~=2.2.1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf.txt
index 6eacaf429..a7112f396 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert-hf-to-gguf.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 -r ./requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt
-torch~=2.1.1
+torch~=2.2.1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt b/requirements/requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt
index 7ab1228cb..1d07b0952 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-convert-legacy-llama.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-numpy~=1.24.4
+numpy~=1.26.4
 sentencepiece~=0.2.0
 transformers>=4.40.1,<5.0.0
 gguf>=0.1.0