diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 947fd950632..76b51d617d1 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ updates:
       # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch_sphinx_theme/issues/175
       - dependency-name: 'sphinx'
         versions: '>=6'
-      # segmentation-models-pytorch pins timm, must update in unison
-      - dependency-name: 'timm'
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
diff --git a/requirements/required.txt b/requirements/required.txt
index c1342fb0204..786cf3f9d3e 100644
--- a/requirements/required.txt
+++ b/requirements/required.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rasterio==1.4.3
 rtree==1.3.0
 segmentation-models-pytorch==0.4.0
 shapely==2.0.6
-timm==0.9.7
+timm==1.0.12
 torch==2.5.1
 torchmetrics==1.6.1
 torchvision==0.20.1