diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a07f7c..bf4df16 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ requires = [
   "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "pennylane-catalyst~=0.14.1",
-  "pennylane~=0.44.1",
+  "pennylane~=0.45.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
   "pennylane-catalyst~=0.14.1",
-  "pennylane~=0.44.1",
+  "pennylane~=0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ build = [
   "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "pennylane-catalyst~=0.14.1",
-  "pennylane~=0.44.1",
+  "pennylane~=0.45.0",
 ]
 docs = [
   "furo>=2025.12.19",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f3eddeb..b3dc509 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autoray"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bc/0f/2c627f36bf044c69b1e2945be3fd9f051103e7cb7020ca76142133b5352c/autoray-0.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:031637850b782cb0b8c0bcfd6a03f99e81e5a5deadbdc835e0471440f1ff0c0f", size = 1180274, upload-time = "2025-11-03T22:34:42.79Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/30/8f/c951dc8acf51db7554b075f184488400401472ad9aa25edffa9ed9982621/autoray-0.8.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b4ce7066334279b216431a260bb5b5b84d87815e3295020a76d8701e43dc3432", size = 1321434, upload-time = "2025-12-05T01:42:25.539Z" }
 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b2/49/bc1c2e3ca121f6468e0cd8d78a96ab2dcb65d0f003917f5d4edcaea103a2/autoray-0.8.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:287c366f2ba9d9c045ffa2b2421deea07439ed5a7f18b5d25b3a406d53b5c63c", size = 937489, upload-time = "2025-12-05T01:42:23.658Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1038,20 +1038,20 @@ test = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.44.1" },
+    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.45.0" },
     { name = "pennylane-catalyst", specifier = "~=0.14.1" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 build = [
-    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.44.1" },
+    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.45.0" },
     { name = "pennylane-catalyst", specifier = "~=0.14.1" },
     { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = ">=0.12.2" },
     { name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" },
 ]
 dev = [
     { name = "nox", specifier = ">=2025.11.12" },
-    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.44.1" },
+    { name = "pennylane", specifier = "~=0.45.0" },
     { name = "pennylane-catalyst", specifier = "~=0.14.1" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.1" },
     { name = "pytest-console-scripts", specifier = ">=1.4.1" },
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pennylane"
-version = "0.44.1"
+version = "0.45.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "appdirs", marker = "(platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "(platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
 ]
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/05/ecc73c5bc4c3392b86cfec1f7e5229381e3bffeb2786c287b898a75d9905/pennylane-0.44.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ec54742b614bdfa39431e48cc4e2652c657e35e6dbecef663da679232cbab8c7", size = 5279911, upload-time = "2026-03-10T20:44:40.231Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2a/66/4f30c4b25980d9616848d69a98016f7fbbb74f74d74ae8f04792df5192fd/pennylane-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:763ca3520de74b05c9e9dc4b5bc3e4d7f0a05697308a0a01da35e2106ab4ddf6", size = 5414354, upload-time = "2026-05-12T20:00:53.805Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]