diff --git a/requirements-slm.txt b/requirements-slm.txt
index a23fd0c..f972ad2 100644
--- a/requirements-slm.txt
+++ b/requirements-slm.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # core fine-tuning (the peft path — works on Linux AND native Windows) ----------
 transformers>=4.44
 peft>=0.12
-trl>=0.9
+trl>=1.14.0
 accelerate>=0.33
 datasets>=2.20
 bitsandbytes>=0.43        # 4-bit quant; Windows wheels exist (else use WSL2)