diff --git a/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt b/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
index c70e7a01f5..61cac4b5af 100644
--- a/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
+++ b/prereqs/pips/app_requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ nibabel == 5.2.0
 netCDF4==1.6.5
 networkx==3.3
 numpy==1.26.4
-openvr==1.26.701
+openvr==2.5.101
 openmm==8.2.0 ; platform_machine != "aarch64"
 packaging==24.2
 # as per Tristan's request in ticket #3055