diff --git a/datalad/bbx/fmri_qc/requirements.txt b/datalad/bbx/fmri_qc/requirements.txt
index a8ce1fc..5227692 100644
--- a/datalad/bbx/fmri_qc/requirements.txt
+++ b/datalad/bbx/fmri_qc/requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ scipy==1.2.2
 six==1.12.0
 supervisor==3.3.4
 tensorboard==1.6.0
-tensorflow==1.6.0
+tensorflow==2.5.1
 tensorflow-estimator==2.0.1
 tensorflow-gpu==1.1.0
 termcolor==1.1.0