diff --git a/misc/py-torchmetrics/Makefile b/misc/py-torchmetrics/Makefile
index 36099319d8d8..81ee91f25de7 100644
--- a/misc/py-torchmetrics/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-torchmetrics/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	torchmetrics
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.2
 CATEGORIES=	misc python # machine-learning
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PyTorch native metrics
 WWW=		https://lightning.ai/docs/torchmetrics/stable/ \
 		https://github.com/Lightning-AI/torchmetrics
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nltk>=3.6:textproc/py-nltk@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lightning-utilities>=0.8.0:misc/py-lightning-utilities@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nltk>=3.6:textproc/py-nltk@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>17.1:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}regex>=2021.9.24:textproc/py-regex@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}torchvision>0:misc/py-torchvision@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>=4.41.0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR} # some optional dependencies for some sections are missing
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Lightning-AI
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-torchmetrics/distinfo b/misc/py-torchmetrics/distinfo
index 87e5d3870a94..bc0d0156d2e0 100644
--- a/misc/py-torchmetrics/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-torchmetrics/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1734558567
-SHA256 (Lightning-AI-torchmetrics-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 31fa875a2de6a188b4d8bf1a6825f160d4ecca0c98e00dfd62437f3b87d320e9
-SIZE (Lightning-AI-torchmetrics-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 938806
+TIMESTAMP = 1741073152
+SHA256 (Lightning-AI-torchmetrics-v1.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 05b1c8882307afbdae8e73a69e12bb89dc3d1fb94ff1af2d6ef176b03f19dd48
+SIZE (Lightning-AI-torchmetrics-v1.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 950723