diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a55bb04..880bb12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "flashmd"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Accelerated molecular dynamics with large-time-step predictions"
 authors = [{name = "flashmd developers"}]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "metatrain==2025.12",
+    "metatrain==2026.1",
     "ase",
     "huggingface_hub",
 ]