diff --git a/.torch_pin b/.torch_pin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e345721be6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.torch_pin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+release/2.6
diff --git a/infra/ansible/roles/build_srcs/tasks/main.yaml b/infra/ansible/roles/build_srcs/tasks/main.yaml
index 1d92b49a3bbf..aded7faf8b52 100644
--- a/infra/ansible/roles/build_srcs/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/infra/ansible/roles/build_srcs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 - name: Build PyTorch/XLA
   ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: python setup.py bdist_wheel
+    cmd: python setup.py bdist_wheel -p manylinux_2_28_x86_64
     chdir: "{{ (src_root, 'pytorch/xla') | path_join }}"
   environment: "{{ env_vars }}"