diff --git a/featomic-torch/VERSION b/featomic-torch/VERSION
index 193b6d207..3d492e073 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/VERSION
+++ b/featomic-torch/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.4-rc1
+0.7.4-rc2
diff --git a/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt b/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c7a5348d..c46edbfb0 100644
--- a/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/featomic-torch/tests/cmake-project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(featomic-torch-test-cmake-project CXX)
 # We need to update the REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_VERSION in the same way we update the
 # featomic version for dev builds
 include(../../cmake/dev-versions.cmake)
-set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION "0.7.4-rc1")
+set(REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION "0.7.4-rc2")
 create_development_version("${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION}" FEATOMIC_TORCH_FULL_VERSION "featomic-torch-v")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]*)\\.([0-9]*).*" "\\1.\\2" REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION ${FEATOMIC_TORCH_FULL_VERSION})
 find_package(featomic_torch ${REQUIRED_FEATOMIC_TORCH_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/python/featomic_torch/build-backend/backend.py b/python/featomic_torch/build-backend/backend.py
index d2c76561c..3a43ca794 100644
--- a/python/featomic_torch/build-backend/backend.py
+++ b/python/featomic_torch/build-backend/backend.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     FEATOMIC_DEP = f"featomic @ file://{FEATOMIC_SRC}"
 else:
     # we are building from a sdist
-    FEATOMIC_DEP = "featomic >=0.6.0,<0.7"
+    FEATOMIC_DEP = "featomic >=0.6.6rc1,<0.7"
 
 FORCED_TORCH_VERSION = os.environ.get("FEATOMIC_TORCH_BUILD_WITH_TORCH_VERSION")
 if FORCED_TORCH_VERSION is not None:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=None):
     return defaults + [
         "cmake",
         TORCH_DEP,
-        "metatensor-torch >=0.9.0-rc6,<0.10",
-        "metatomic-torch >=0.1.12-rc2,<0.2",
+        "metatensor-torch >=0.9.0rc6,<0.10",
+        "metatomic-torch >=0.1.12rc2,<0.2",
         FEATOMIC_DEP,
     ]
diff --git a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
index 2f4499aa3..5c4c754c9 100644
--- a/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
+++ b/python/featomic_torch/setup.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def create_version_number(version):
         install_requires.append(f"featomic @ file://{FEATOMIC_PYTHON_SRC}")
     else:
         # we are building from a sdist/installing from a wheel
-        install_requires.append("featomic >=0.6.3,<0.7")
+        install_requires.append("featomic >=0.6.6rc1,<0.7")
 
     setup(
         version=version,