diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73c615f495e411a8b0f83d29460d4279dce974d0..1dc6a3997d333ca448b9226e8e5cf2d9ef63557a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # IDEs
 .idea
+.vscode
 
 # seed project
 lightning_logs/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 299248718de256390ef419166ee3f51be197d3c0..260eeda4423b12fd41ed697dc29276f2eef18c50 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytorch-lightning >= 0.7.5
\ No newline at end of file
+pytorch-lightning >= 0.9.0
\ No newline at end of file