diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0840bbb3c..34c5d35b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings",
     "requests",
     "requests-mock",
+    "torchmetrics",
     "torchvision",
     "tzdata; sys_platform=='win32'",
     "vws-auth-tools",
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ optional-dependencies.dev = [
     "sphinxcontrib-spelling==8",
     "sybil==6.1.1",
     "tenacity==8.4.2",
-    "torch==2.3.1",
     "types-docker==7.1.0.20240626",
     "types-pillow==10.2.0.20240520",
     "types-pyyaml==6.0.12.20240311",
diff --git a/src/mock_vws/image_matchers.py b/src/mock_vws/image_matchers.py
index 93fd9b1fa..ac5fb1452 100644
--- a/src/mock_vws/image_matchers.py
+++ b/src/mock_vws/image_matchers.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 """Matchers for query and duplicate requests."""
 
 import io
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol, runtime_checkable
+from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
-import piq  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from PIL import Image
+from torchmetrics.image import (
+    StructuralSimilarityIndexMeasure,
+)
 from torchvision.transforms import functional  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import torch
-
 
 @runtime_checkable
 class ImageMatcher(Protocol):
@@ -81,12 +80,10 @@ def __call__(
         first_image_tensor_batch_dimension = first_image_tensor.unsqueeze(0)
         second_image_tensor_batch_dimension = second_image_tensor.unsqueeze(0)
 
-        # See https://github.com/photosynthesis-team/piq/pull/377
-        # for fixing the type hint in ``piq``.
-        ssim_value: torch.Tensor = piq.ssim(  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
-            x=first_image_tensor_batch_dimension,
-            y=second_image_tensor_batch_dimension,
-            data_range=1.0,
+        ssim = StructuralSimilarityIndexMeasure(data_range=1.0)
+        ssim_value = ssim(
+            first_image_tensor_batch_dimension,
+            second_image_tensor_batch_dimension,
         )
         ssim_score = ssim_value.item()