diff --git a/packages/hxtorch/package.py b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
index 36eb4e116d70b82c935d6b25ed42fd0c57a1b812..dc584e262ee3dbc0a005992a299fbb566936dcdb 100644
--- a/packages/hxtorch/package.py
+++ b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Hxtorch(WafPackage):
     # This repo provides a waf binary used for the build below
     git      = "https://github.com/electronicvisions/pynn-brainscales.git"
 
-    version('2.0-rc5', branch='waf')
+    version('2.0-rc6', branch='waf')
 
     # PPU compiler dependencies
     depends_on('oppulance@2.0:')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Hxtorch(WafPackage):
     depends_on('py-pycodestyle', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pyelftools', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pylint', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-pynn@0.9.4:', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-torch', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pyyaml', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-scipy', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-sqlalchemy', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
diff --git a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
index 0cb2c05025977d0eeef82dc787ae42e196fafb32..bc16c0af0ac63be9dfe9e3a8c210f4c3a63569f6 100644
--- a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
+++ b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PynnBrainscales(WafPackage):
     homepage = "https://github.com/electronicvisions/pynn-brainscales"
     git      = "https://github.com/electronicvisions/pynn-brainscales.git"
 
-    version('2.0-rc5', branch='waf')
+    version('2.0-rc6', branch='waf')
 
     # PPU compiler dependencies
     depends_on('oppulance@2.0:')