diff --git a/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt b/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
index 21a2526f4..1fab174f5 100644
--- a/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
+++ b/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ google-cloud-aiplatform==1.138.0
 numpy==2.5.2
 pandas==3.0.1
 datasets==5.0.1
-smart_open[gcs]==7.7.1
+smart_open[gcs]==8.0.1