diff --git a/.github/workflows/_example_tests_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/_example_tests_runner.yml
index caed08c3a..6977ace63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_example_tests_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_example_tests_runner.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ jobs:
           # Uninstall conflicting system-wide installed modelopt in nemo containers
           pip uninstall -y nvidia-modelopt || true
 
+          # nvcr.io/nvidia/tensorrt:26.05-py3 ships cuDNN 9.22 with no preinstalled torch, and
+          # torch 2.14 pins cuDNN 9.24: mixing them fails with CUDNN_SUBLIBRARY_LOADING_FAILED.
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.docker_image }}" == *"/tensorrt:"* ]]; then
+            echo "torch<2.14" > /tmp/pip-constraints.txt
+            export PIP_CONSTRAINT=/tmp/pip-constraints.txt
+          fi
+
           # Use `python -m pip` instead of `pip` to avoid conflicts with system pip for nemo containers
           # Editable install so example scripts launched as subprocesses resolve modelopt to the same source path as the test process
           python -m pip install -e ".${{ inputs.pip_install_extras }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
index 3a53f7ae3..e1e0f010a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,10 @@ jobs:
           # verified. Only nightly sees them, since it scans all history while PRs scan their diff.
           extra_args: --results=verified,unknown --exclude-detectors=lob
       - name: Run code quality checks
-        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s pre_commit_all
+        run: |
+          # torch 2.14 breaks this env: torchvision::nms fails to register, which disables
+          # modelopt's transformers plugin and takes the ARGUMENTS.md hook down with it.
+          echo "torch<2.14" > /tmp/pip-constraints.txt
+          # Both: nox builds the session venv with uv, which reads UV_CONSTRAINT, not PIP_CONSTRAINT.
+          export PIP_CONSTRAINT=/tmp/pip-constraints.txt UV_CONSTRAINT=/tmp/pip-constraints.txt
+          pip install nox uv && nox -s pre_commit_all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index de12b5c8b..002a08850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/ubuntu-setup
       - name: Run basic unit tests
-        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_212, tf_latest)"
+        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_214, tf_latest)"
       - name: Build Wheel
         run: |
           nox -s build_wheel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 4fbbd9a9e..2ad1b02b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COVERAGE_PROCESS_START: ${{ github.workspace }}/pyproject.toml
           COVERAGE_FILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/.coverage
-        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_213, tf_latest)"
+        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_214, tf_latest)"
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v7
         with:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Run unit tests (without coverage)
-        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_213, tf_latest)"
+        run: pip install nox uv && nox -s "unit-3.12(torch_214, tf_latest)"
   multi-version:
     if: needs.check-file-changes.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
     needs: [linux, check-file-changes]
@@ -102,19 +102,20 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          # Default torch (2.13) across the other supported Python versions
-          - {nox_session: "unit-3.10(torch_213, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.10"}
-          - {nox_session: "unit-3.11(torch_213, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.11"}
-          - {nox_session: "unit-3.13(torch_213, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.13"}
-          - {nox_session: "unit-3.14(torch_213, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.14"}
+          # Default torch (2.14) across the other supported Python versions
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.10(torch_214, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.10"}
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.11(torch_214, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.11"}
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.13(torch_214, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.13"}
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.14(torch_214, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.14"}
           # Older torch versions on the default Python (3.12) for back-compat.
           - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_28, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
           - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_29, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
           - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_210, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
           - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_211, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
           - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_212, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_213, tf_latest)", python_version: "3.12"}
           # Minimum supported transformers on the default torch.
-          - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_213, tf_min)", python_version: "3.12"}
+          - {nox_session: "unit-3.12(torch_214, tf_min)", python_version: "3.12"}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/ubuntu-setup
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index df928b5d8..135465ed4 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ TORCH_VERSIONS = {
     "torch_211": "torchvision~=0.26.0",
     "torch_212": "torchvision~=0.27.0",
     "torch_213": "torchvision~=0.28.0",
+    "torch_214": "torchvision~=0.29.0",
 }
 
 # Extra install pins applied per transformers matrix entry (installed after the base