diff --git a/requirements-freqai-rl.txt b/requirements-freqai-rl.txt
index fba25d409..6256c387a 100644
--- a/requirements-freqai-rl.txt
+++ b/requirements-freqai-rl.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r requirements-freqai.txt
 
 # Required for freqai-rl
-torch==2.0.1
+torch==2.1.1
 #until these branches will be released we can use this
 gymnasium==0.29.1
 stable_baselines3==2.2.1
diff --git a/tests/freqai/conftest.py b/tests/freqai/conftest.py
index be208408f..8a9425a32 100644
--- a/tests/freqai/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/freqai/conftest.py
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ def is_mac() -> bool:
     return "Darwin" in machine
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def patch_torch_initlogs(mocker) -> None:
+
+    if is_mac():
+        # Mock torch import completely
+        import sys
+        import types
+
+        module_name = 'torch'
+        mocked_module = types.ModuleType(module_name)
+        sys.modules[module_name] = mocked_module
+    else:
+        mocker.patch("torch._logging._init_logs")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def freqai_conf(default_conf, tmp_path):
     freqaiconf = deepcopy(default_conf)