diff --git a/mmseg/__init__.py b/mmseg/__init__.py
index 8ffaf446b..addfaeedd 100644
--- a/mmseg/__init__.py
+++ b/mmseg/__init__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 import warnings
 
 import mmcv
+import mmengine
 from packaging.version import parse
 
 from .version import __version__, version_info
 
-MMCV_MIN = '2.0.0rc0'
-MMCV_MAX = '2.0.0'
+MMCV_MIN = '2.0.0rc1'
+MMCV_MAX = '2.1.0'
+MMENGINE_MIN = '0.5.0'
 
 
 def digit_version(version_str: str, length: int = 4):
@@ -59,4 +61,11 @@ assert (mmcv_min_version <= mmcv_version < mmcv_max_version), \
     f'MMCV=={mmcv.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
     f'Please install mmcv>={mmcv_min_version}, <{mmcv_max_version}.'
 
+mmengine_min_version = digit_version(MMENGINE_MIN)
+mmengine_version = digit_version(mmengine.__version__)
+
+assert (mmengine_min_version <= mmengine_version), \
+    f'MMEngine=={mmengine.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
+    f'Please install mmengine>={mmengine_min_version}.'
+
 __all__ = ['__version__', 'version_info', 'digit_version']
diff --git a/requirements/mminstall.txt b/requirements/mminstall.txt
index 91571a9c2..a06084502 100644
--- a/requirements/mminstall.txt
+++ b/requirements/mminstall.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-mmcls>=0.20.1
-mmcv-full>=2.0.0,<=2.0.0rc0
+mmcls>=1.0.0rc0
+mmcv>=2.0.0rc1,<2.1.0
+mmengine>=0.5
diff --git a/requirements/runtime.txt b/requirements/runtime.txt
index 520408fe8..82b392e74 100644
--- a/requirements/runtime.txt
+++ b/requirements/runtime.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 matplotlib
-mmcls>=0.20.1
+mmcls>=1.0.0rc0
 numpy
 packaging
 prettytable