diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 7ea8135a3..45aadd809 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ local_repository(
     path = "third_party/pypi_setuptools",
 )
 
+local_repository(
+    name = "pypi_wheel",
+    path = "third_party/pypi_wheel",
+)
+
+local_repository(
+    name = "local_config_cuda",
+    path = "third_party/local_config_cuda",
+)
+
 # TensorFlow's .bzl files, loaded later in this file, also load rules_python
 # but we need a slightly newer version that is still compatible with TF's.
 http_archive(
@@ -47,11 +57,11 @@ install_deps()
 # Eigen commit used by TensorFlow / TFQ.
 # This commit corresponds to Eigen version 3.4.90
 # (verified via Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h).
-EIGEN_COMMIT = "c1d637433e3b3f9012b226c2c9125c494b470ae6"
+EIGEN_COMMIT = "33d0937c6bdf5ec999939fb17f2a553183d14a74"
 
 http_archive(
     name = "eigen",
-    sha256 = "0992b93a590c39e196a9efdb5b4919fbf3fb485e7e656c6a87b21ddadb7f6ad2",
+    sha256 = "1f4babf536ce8fc2129dbf92ff3be54cd18ffb2171e9eb40edd00f0a045a54fa",
     build_file_content = """
 cc_library(
   name = "eigen3",
@@ -79,9 +89,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "org_tensorflow",
-    sha256 = "75d63eab5c4b41a831e39e2e3795e1f9dcc247e8fcca11bf3f3e1a6ac35e55d0",
-    strip_prefix = "tensorflow-2.17.1",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/refs/tags/v2.17.1.zip"],
+    sha256 = "f73e6d838b388c7b4d1ef88d1422a35bb5532644117a472fb0fee28a2215176c",
+    strip_prefix = "tensorflow-2.18.1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/refs/tags/v2.18.1.zip"],
 )
 
 
diff --git a/release/setup.py b/release/setup.py
index cd2057750..d784d41c4 100644
--- a/release/setup.py
+++ b/release/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 from setuptools.dist import Distribution
 
-CUR_VERSION = "0.7.6"
+CUR_VERSION = "0.7.7"
 
 DOCLINES = __doc__.split("\n")
 
@@ -46,26 +46,26 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
-    "cirq-core==1.3.0",
-    "cirq-google==1.3.0",
-    "numpy<2.0",
-    "scipy~=1.15.3",
+    "cirq-core==1.5.0",
+    "cirq-google==1.5.0",
+    "numpy>=2,<3",
+    "scipy>=1.15.3,<2",
     "sympy==1.14",
-    "tf-keras~=2.17.0",
-
-    # The reset of these constraints are on transitive dependencies to avoid
-    # installation conflicts, which can happen if pip finds a newer version of a
-    # package & that newer version requires, e.g., NumPy 2.x or Python 3.11+.
-    # Ideally these can be removed once TFQ is compatible with recent TFs.
-    "jax<0.5",
-    "contourpy<1.3.3",
+    "tf-keras>=2.18,<2.19",
+
+    # The following are transitive dependencies that need to be constrained to
+    # avoid incompatible versions or because some (e.g., contourpy 1.3.3)
+    # require Python 3.11+ and we want to maintain Python 3.9 compatibility.
+    # TODO: revisit after we reach compatibility with TensorFlow 2.19+.
+    "jax>=0.5,<0.6",
+    "contourpy<=1.3.2",
 ]
 
 # TF requirement is placed as an extras to avoid overwriting existing nightly TF
 # installations. Users can run "pip install tensorflow-quantum[and-tensorflow]"
 # to get everything in one go (or "pip install tensorflow tensorflow-quantum").
 EXTRA_PACKAGES = {}
-EXTRA_PACKAGES["and-tensorflow"] = ["tensorflow>=2.17,<2.18"]
+EXTRA_PACKAGES["and-tensorflow"] = ["tensorflow>=2.18,<2.19"]
 # "extras" was used before 0.7.4. Prefer "and-tensorflow" in 0.7.4+.
 EXTRA_PACKAGES["extras"] = EXTRA_PACKAGES["and-tensorflow"]
 
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index ea93325d8..1fff452a5 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 # Core development requirements for TensorFlow Quantum. This file is processed
 # by pip-compile (from pip-tools) to produce requirements.txt using the script
 # scripts/generate_requirements.sh.
-
-cirq-core~=1.3.0
-cirq-google~=1.3.0
-jax<0.5
-numpy<2.0
-scipy~=1.15.3
+cirq-core<=1.5.0
+cirq-google<=1.5.0
+contourpy<=1.3.2
+numpy<=2.2.6
+scipy<1.16
 sympy==1.14
-tensorflow>=2.17,<2.18
-tf-keras~=2.17.0
+tensorflow>=2.18,<2.19
+tf-keras~=2.18.0
+wheel==0.46.2
 
 # TODO: the next ones are not truly core requirements. A better place should be
 # found for them (long with others needed by scripts/*). They're here as a
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 364603f7b..2bd65f013 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    ./scripts/generate_requirements.sh
 #
-absl-py==2.3.1
+absl-py==2.4.0
     # via
     #   keras
     #   tensorboard
@@ -18,22 +18,32 @@ astunparse==1.6.3
     # via tensorflow
 attrs==25.4.0
     # via
+    #   cirq-core
     #   jsonschema
     #   referencing
+    #   typedunits
 certifi==2026.1.4
     # via requests
+cffi==2.0.0
+    # via cryptography
 charset-normalizer==3.4.4
     # via requests
-cirq-core==1.3.0
+cirq-core==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cirq-google
-cirq-google==1.3.0
+cirq-google==1.5.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-contourpy==1.3.0
-    # via matplotlib
+contourpy==1.3.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   matplotlib
+cryptography==46.0.4
+    # via google-auth
 cycler==0.12.1
     # via matplotlib
+cython==3.2.4
+    # via typedunits
 dill==0.4.1
     # via pylint
 duet==0.2.9
@@ -46,7 +56,7 @@ gast==0.7.0
     # via tensorflow
 google-api-core[grpc]==2.29.0
     # via cirq-google
-google-auth==2.47.0
+google-auth==2.48.0
     # via google-api-core
 google-pasta==0.2.0
     # via tensorflow
@@ -60,9 +70,9 @@ grpcio==1.76.0
     #   grpcio-status
     #   tensorboard
     #   tensorflow
-grpcio-status==1.62.3
+grpcio-status==1.71.2
     # via google-api-core
-h5py==3.10.0
+h5py==3.15.1
     # via
     #   keras
     #   tensorflow
@@ -72,10 +82,6 @@ ipython-genutils==0.2.0
     # via nbformat
 isort==5.13.2
     # via pylint
-jax==0.4.34
-    # via -r requirements.in
-jaxlib==0.4.34
-    # via jax
 jinja2==3.1.6
     # via tensorflow-docs
 jsonschema==4.26.0
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ kiwisolver==1.4.7
     # via matplotlib
 libclang==18.1.1
     # via tensorflow
-markdown==3.9
+markdown==3.10.1
     # via tensorboard
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
@@ -108,10 +114,8 @@ mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
-ml-dtypes==0.3.2
+ml-dtypes==0.5.4
     # via
-    #   jax
-    #   jaxlib
     #   keras
     #   tensorflow
 mpmath==1.3.0
@@ -129,14 +133,12 @@ nest-asyncio==1.6.0
     # via nbclient
 networkx==3.2.1
     # via cirq-core
-numpy==1.26.4
+numpy==2.0.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cirq-core
     #   contourpy
     #   h5py
-    #   jax
-    #   jaxlib
     #   keras
     #   matplotlib
     #   ml-dtypes
@@ -144,10 +146,9 @@ numpy==1.26.4
     #   scipy
     #   tensorboard
     #   tensorflow
+    #   typedunits
 opt-einsum==3.4.0
-    # via
-    #   jax
-    #   tensorflow
+    # via tensorflow
 optree==0.18.0
     # via keras
 packaging==26.0
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ packaging==26.0
     #   matplotlib
     #   tensorboard
     #   tensorflow
+    #   wheel
 pandas==2.3.3
     # via cirq-core
 pillow==11.0.0
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ proto-plus==1.27.0
     # via
     #   cirq-google
     #   google-api-core
-protobuf==4.25.8
+protobuf==5.29.5
     # via
     #   cirq-google
     #   google-api-core
@@ -179,18 +181,23 @@ protobuf==4.25.8
     #   tensorboard
     #   tensorflow
     #   tensorflow-docs
+    #   typedunits
 pyasn1==0.6.2
     # via
     #   pyasn1-modules
     #   rsa
 pyasn1-modules==0.4.2
     # via google-auth
+pycparser==3.0
+    # via cffi
 pygments==2.19.2
     # via rich
 pylint==3.3.3
     # via -r requirements.in
 pyparsing==3.3.2
-    # via matplotlib
+    # via
+    #   matplotlib
+    #   typedunits
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   jupyter-client
@@ -208,7 +215,7 @@ requests==2.32.5
     # via
     #   google-api-core
     #   tensorflow
-rich==14.2.0
+rich==14.3.1
     # via keras
 rpds-py==0.30.0
     # via
@@ -220,9 +227,7 @@ scipy==1.15.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cirq-core
-    #   jax
-    #   jaxlib
-setuptools==80.10.1
+setuptools==75.0.0
     # via
     #   tensorboard
     #   tensorflow
@@ -239,11 +244,11 @@ sympy==1.14.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cirq-core
-tensorboard==2.17.1
+tensorboard==2.18.0
     # via tensorflow
 tensorboard-data-server==0.7.2
     # via tensorboard
-tensorflow==2.17.1
+tensorflow==2.18.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   tf-keras
@@ -253,7 +258,7 @@ tensorflow-io-gcs-filesystem==0.37.1
     # via tensorflow
 termcolor==3.1.0
     # via tensorflow
-tf-keras==2.17.0
+tf-keras==2.18.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 tomli==2.4.0
     # via
@@ -271,10 +276,13 @@ traitlets==5.14.3
     #   jupyter-core
     #   nbclient
     #   nbformat
+typedunits==0.0.1
+    # via cirq-google
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
     # via
     #   astroid
     #   cirq-core
+    #   cryptography
     #   grpcio
     #   optree
     #   referencing
@@ -285,8 +293,10 @@ urllib3==2.6.3
     # via requests
 werkzeug==3.1.5
     # via tensorboard
-wheel==0.44.0
-    # via astunparse
+wheel==0.46.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   astunparse
 wrapt==1.17.3
     # via tensorflow
 yapf==0.43.0
diff --git a/tensorflow_quantum/__init__.py b/tensorflow_quantum/__init__.py
index 9bfa88d5b..4560c89e8 100644
--- a/tensorflow_quantum/__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow_quantum/__init__.py
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@
 del core
 # pylint: enable=undefined-variable
 
-__version__ = '0.7.6'
+__version__ = '0.7.7'
diff --git a/tensorflow_quantum/python/differentiators/linear_combination.py b/tensorflow_quantum/python/differentiators/linear_combination.py
index aae72d8ae..3a94580a9 100644
--- a/tensorflow_quantum/python/differentiators/linear_combination.py
+++ b/tensorflow_quantum/python/differentiators/linear_combination.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 # ==============================================================================
 """Compute gradients by combining function values linearly."""
+import math
 import numbers
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@ def __init__(self, error_order=1, grid_spacing=0.001):
                 weight = -1 * np.sum(
                     [1 / j for j in np.arange(1, error_order + 1)])
             else:
-                weight = ((-1) ** (point+1) * np.math.factorial(error_order))/\
-                         (point * np.math.factorial(error_order-point)
-                          * np.math.factorial(point))
+                weight = ((-1) ** (point+1) * math.factorial(error_order))/\
+                         (point * math.factorial(error_order-point)
+                          * math.factorial(point))
             weights.append(weight / grid_spacing)
         super().__init__(weights, grid_points_to_eval * grid_spacing)
 
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ def __init__(self, error_order=2, grid_spacing=0.001):
         n = int(error_order / 2)
         for k in grid_points_to_eval:
             k = int(k)
-            numerator = (-1)**(k + 1) * np.math.factorial(n)**2
-            denom = k * np.math.factorial(n - k) * np.math.factorial(n + k)
+            numerator = (-1)**(k + 1) * math.factorial(n)**2
+            denom = k * math.factorial(n - k) * math.factorial(n + k)
             weights.append(numerator / (denom * grid_spacing))
         super().__init__(weights, grid_points_to_eval * grid_spacing)
diff --git a/third_party/local_config_cuda/WORKSPACE b/third_party/local_config_cuda/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59369ce67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/local_config_cuda/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+workspace(name = "local_config_cuda")
diff --git a/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/BUILD.bazel b/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c928bd62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+# This package only exists so Bazel can resolve:
+#   @local_config_cuda//cuda:build_defs.bzl
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "cuda_headers",
+)
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "cudart",
+)
diff --git a/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/build_defs.bzl b/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/build_defs.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a76de20b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/local_config_cuda/cuda/build_defs.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# CPU-only stub for TensorFlow/XLA builds that attempt to load CUDA build defs
+# during analysis. TFQ is building CPU-only, so these must be safe no-ops.
+
+def if_cuda(then_labels, else_labels = []):
+    return else_labels
+
+def cuda_default_copts():
+    return []
+
+def cuda_is_configured():
+    return False
+
+def cuda_library(name, **kwargs):
+    native.cc_library(name = name, **kwargs)
diff --git a/third_party/pypi_wheel/BUILD.bazel b/third_party/pypi_wheel/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a27d4096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/pypi_wheel/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+# Keep your existing alias (optional)
+alias(
+    name = "wheel",
+    actual = "@pypi__wheel//:lib",
+)
+
+# Add the missing target name that TF/rules_python expects
+alias(
+    name = "pkg",
+    actual = "@pypi__wheel//:lib",
+)
diff --git a/third_party/pypi_wheel/WORKSPACE b/third_party/pypi_wheel/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b798dec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/pypi_wheel/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Minimal WORKSPACE for alias repo.