diff --git a/awq-py/requirements.txt b/awq-py/requirements.txt
index 5fe604329..991896116 100644
--- a/awq-py/requirements.txt
+++ b/awq-py/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-torch>=2.0.0
+torch>=2.1.1
 transformers>=4.32.0
diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index 51724c0df..203eaf64b 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Model:
                 from safetensors import safe_open
                 ctx = cast(ContextManager[Any], safe_open(self.dir_model / part_name, framework="pt", device="cpu"))
             else:
-                ctx = contextlib.nullcontext(torch.load(str(self.dir_model / part_name), map_location="cpu", weights_only=True))
+                ctx = contextlib.nullcontext(torch.load(str(self.dir_model / part_name), map_location="cpu", mmap=True, weights_only=True))
 
             with ctx as model_part:
                 for name in model_part.keys():