diff --git a/python/requirements/ml/requirements_dl.txt b/python/requirements/ml/requirements_dl.txt
index 1f97dc66cadb..b4c89ca2522f 100644
--- a/python/requirements/ml/requirements_dl.txt
+++ b/python/requirements/ml/requirements_dl.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # These requirements are used for the CI and CPU-only Docker images so we install CPU only versions of torch.
 # For GPU Docker images, you should install requirements_ml_docker.txt instead.
 
-tensorflow==2.5.0
+tensorflow==2.6.0
 tensorflow-probability==0.13.0
 
 torch==1.9.0;sys_platform=="darwin"