Fix minimum tests by installing torch < 2.9.0 (#803)

Author: sarahmish

tasks.py

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 COMPARISONS = {'>=': operator.ge, '>': operator.gt, '<': operator.lt, '<=': operator.le}
 
+EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCY_CAPS = {
+    'torch': '2.9.0'
+}
 
 if not hasattr(inspect, 'getargspec'):
     inspect.getargspec = inspect.getfullargspec
@@ -87,7 +90,8 @@ def install_minimum(c):
     if minimum_versions:
         install_deps = ' '.join(minimum_versions)
         c.run(f'python -m pip install {install_deps}')
-
+        for dep, cap in EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCY_CAPS.items():
+            c.run(f'python -m pip install "{dep}<{cap}"')
 
 @task
 def minimum(c):