diff --git a/gridfm_graphkit/__main__.py b/gridfm_graphkit/__main__.py
index 695ba53..0fc899e 100644
--- a/gridfm_graphkit/__main__.py
+++ b/gridfm_graphkit/__main__.py
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ def main():
         default=False,
         help="Enable TF32 on Ampere+ GPUs via torch.set_float32_matmul_precision('high').",
     )
+    _deterministic_kwargs = dict(
+        dest="deterministic",
+        type=str,
+        nargs="?",
+        const="warn",
+        default=None,
+        choices=["true", "warn"],
+        help=(
+            "Enable deterministic CUDA/cuDNN algorithms via Lightning Trainer(deterministic=...). "
+            "Pass --deterministic (alone) for 'warn' mode, or --deterministic true for strict. "
+            "Requires CUBLAS_WORKSPACE_CONFIG to be set (e.g. ':4096:8') for CUDA>=10.2."
+        ),
+    )
     _mp_context_kwargs = dict(
         dest="mp_context",
         type=str,
@@ -174,6 +187,7 @@ def main():
         help="Print the last training epoch time and a single test metric to stdout.",
     )
     train_parser.add_argument("--mp_context", **_mp_context_kwargs)
+    train_parser.add_argument("--deterministic", **_deterministic_kwargs)
 
     # ---- FINETUNE SUBCOMMAND ----
     finetune_parser = subparsers.add_parser("finetune", help="Run fine-tuning")
diff --git a/gridfm_graphkit/cli.py b/gridfm_graphkit/cli.py
index 53a970c..e3ef1df 100644
--- a/gridfm_graphkit/cli.py
+++ b/gridfm_graphkit/cli.py
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ def main_cli(args):
         default_root_dir=args.log_dir,
         max_epochs=config_args.training.epochs,
         callbacks=training_callbacks,
+        deterministic=(
+            True if getattr(args, "deterministic", None) == "true"
+            else (getattr(args, "deterministic", None) or False)
+        ),
         **trainer_kwargs,
         profiler=profiler,
     )
diff --git a/integrationtests/test_base_set.py b/integrationtests/test_base_set.py
index 2dfe4d8..d9b8cbb 100644
--- a/integrationtests/test_base_set.py
+++ b/integrationtests/test_base_set.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 
 def execute_and_live_output(cmd) -> None:
-    subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, shell=True, check=True)
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.setdefault("CUBLAS_WORKSPACE_CONFIG", ":4096:8")
+    subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, shell=True, check=True, env=env)
 
 
 def collect_metrics_from_log(log_base: str, metric_keys: list) -> dict:
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ def test_train_pf(cleanup_test_artifacts, calibrate_runs, ci_level):
             f"--data_path data_out/ "
             f"--exp_name exp1 "
             f"--run_name run{run_i + 1} "
-            f"--log_dir logs",
+            f"--log_dir logs "
+            f"--mp_context spawn "
+            f"--deterministic warn",
         )
         metrics = collect_metrics_from_log("logs", pf_metric_keys)
         all_runs.append(metrics)
@@ -214,7 +218,9 @@ def test_train_pf(cleanup_test_artifacts, calibrate_runs, ci_level):
                 f"--data_path data_out/ "
                 f"--exp_name exp1 "
                 f"--run_name retry{attempt} "
-                f"--log_dir logs",
+                f"--log_dir logs "
+                f"--mp_context spawn "
+                f"--deterministic warn",
             )
             metrics = collect_metrics_from_log("logs", pf_metric_keys)
         else:
@@ -309,7 +315,9 @@ def test_train_opf(cleanup_opf_test_artifacts, calibrate_runs, ci_level):
             f"--data_path {opf_data_dir}/ "
             f"--exp_name exp_opf "
             f"--run_name run{run_i + 1} "
-            f"--log_dir logs_opf",
+            f"--log_dir logs_opf "
+            f"--mp_context spawn "
+            f"--deterministic warn",
         )
         metrics = collect_metrics_from_log("logs_opf", opf_metric_keys)
         all_runs.append(metrics)
@@ -319,16 +327,16 @@ def test_train_opf(cleanup_opf_test_artifacts, calibrate_runs, ci_level):
         return
 
     checks = {
-        "Avg. active res. (MW)": (0.2067, 0.4619),
-        "Avg. reactive res. (MVar)": (0.0825, 0.1492),
-        "RMSE PG generators (MW)": (2.6480, 2.8693),
-        "Mean optimality gap (%)": (1.1039, 1.4934),
+        "Avg. active res. (MW)": (0.2559, 0.2611),
+        "Avg. reactive res. (MVar)": (0.1028, 0.1048),
+        "RMSE PG generators (MW)": (2.7297, 2.7850),
+        "Mean optimality gap (%)": (1.2041, 1.2285),
         "Mean branch thermal violation from (MVA)": (0.0, 0.0),
         "Mean branch thermal violation to (MVA)": (0.0, 0.0),
         "Mean branch angle difference violation (radians)": (0.0, 0.0),
-        "Mean Qg violation PV buses": (0.0167, 0.1546),
-        "Mean Qg violation REF buses": (-0.0693, 0.4241),
-        "Mean Qg violation": (0.0771, 0.1322),
+        "Mean Qg violation PV buses": (0.0782, 0.0798),
+        "Mean Qg violation REF buses": (0.1251, 0.1277),
+        "Mean Qg violation": (0.0879, 0.0897),
     }
 
     MAX_RETRIES = 5
@@ -342,7 +350,9 @@ def test_train_opf(cleanup_opf_test_artifacts, calibrate_runs, ci_level):
                 f"--data_path {opf_data_dir}/ "
                 f"--exp_name exp_opf "
                 f"--run_name retry{attempt} "
-                f"--log_dir logs_opf",
+                f"--log_dir logs_opf "
+                f"--mp_context spawn "
+                f"--deterministic warn",
             )
             metrics = collect_metrics_from_log("logs_opf", opf_metric_keys)
         else:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4e8307..2135c9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespaces = false
 [project]
 name = "gridfm-graphkit"
 description = "Grid Foundation Model"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.8.0rc2"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "pandas>=2.3.0",
     "plotly>=6.1.2",
     "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
-    "torch>=2.7.1,<2.9",
+    "torch>=2.10",
     "torch-geometric>=2.6.1",
-    "torchaudio>=2.7.1",
-    "torchvision>=0.22.1",
+    "torchaudio>=2.10",
+    "torchvision>=0.25",
     "lightning",
     "seaborn",
     "urllib3>=2.6.0",