diff --git a/projects/pt1/e2e_testing/xfail_sets.py b/projects/pt1/e2e_testing/xfail_sets.py
index 6904b4acb3c6..6a86636bd454 100644
--- a/projects/pt1/e2e_testing/xfail_sets.py
+++ b/projects/pt1/e2e_testing/xfail_sets.py
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@
     "ReflectionPad3dModuleBack_basic",
     # RuntimeError: Unknown function SliceOutOfLowerBoundEndIndexModule
     "SliceOutOfLowerBoundEndIndexModule_basic",
+    "NativeGroupNormModule_basic",
 }
 
 FX_IMPORTER_CRASHING_SET = LINALG_CRASHING_SET | {
@@ -954,6 +955,7 @@
     "AtenSymConstrainRange_basic",
     "AtenSymConstrainRangeForSize_basic",
     "Aten_AssertScalar_basic",
+    "NativeGroupNormModule_basic",
 }
 
 FX_IMPORTER_STABLEHLO_CRASHING_SET = {
diff --git a/projects/pt1/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/fx_importer_backend.py b/projects/pt1/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/fx_importer_backend.py
index 10e06411db31..396d43638a42 100644
--- a/projects/pt1/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/fx_importer_backend.py
+++ b/projects/pt1/python/torch_mlir_e2e_test/configs/fx_importer_backend.py
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ def invoke_func(*torch_inputs):
     def _export_run(self, artifact: torch.nn.Module, trace: Trace) -> Trace:
         result: Trace = []
         for item in trace:
-            prog: ExportedProgram = torch.export.export(artifact, tuple(item.inputs))
+            prog: ExportedProgram = torch.export.export(
+                artifact, tuple(item.inputs), strict=True
+            )
             module = fx.export_and_import(
                 prog,
                 output_type=self._output_type,
diff --git a/python/torch_mlir/fx.py b/python/torch_mlir/fx.py
index f9aca6bec6a4..f68e230990f3 100644
--- a/python/torch_mlir/fx.py
+++ b/python/torch_mlir/fx.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def export_and_import(
     output_type: Union[str, OutputType] = OutputType.RAW,
     fx_importer: Optional[FxImporter] = None,
     dynamic_shapes: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], Tuple[Any]]] = None,
+    strict: bool = False,
     experimental_support_mutation: bool = False,
     import_symbolic_shape_expressions: bool = False,
     hooks: Optional[FxImporterHooks] = None,
@@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ def export_and_import(
     else:
         # pytorch 2.1 or lower doesn't have `dyanmic_shapes` keyword argument in torch.export
         if version.Version(torch.__version__) >= version.Version("2.2.0"):
-            prog = torch.export.export(f, args, kwargs, dynamic_shapes=dynamic_shapes)
+            prog = torch.export.export(
+                f, args, kwargs, dynamic_shapes=dynamic_shapes, strict=strict
+            )
         else:
             prog = torch.export.export(f, args, kwargs)
     if decomposition_table is None:
diff --git a/pytorch-hash.txt b/pytorch-hash.txt
index 15cdd0e379c1..5c00b88fd067 100644
--- a/pytorch-hash.txt
+++ b/pytorch-hash.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cdb42bd8cc05bef0ec9b682b274c2acb273f2d62
+3794824ceb12a9d4396eaa17795bf2147fd9e1c3
diff --git a/pytorch-requirements.txt b/pytorch-requirements.txt
index bef7533d621a..2307f6b8f3ff 100644
--- a/pytorch-requirements.txt
+++ b/pytorch-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu/torch/
 --pre
-torch==2.7.0.dev20250310
+torch==2.8.0.dev20250325
diff --git a/test/python/fx_importer/basic_test.py b/test/python/fx_importer/basic_test.py
index 9b1fe163d625..0377d57dc777 100644
--- a/test/python/fx_importer/basic_test.py
+++ b/test/python/fx_importer/basic_test.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def run(f):
 @run
 # CHECK-LABEL: test_import_frozen_exported_program
 # CHECK:     func.func @main(%[[ARG0:[a-zA-Z0-9]+]]: !torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>) -> !torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>
-# CHECK-DAG: %[[a:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense_resource<torch_tensor_1_4_torch.float32> : tensor<1x4xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[1,4],f32>
+# CHECK-DAG: %[[a:.+]] = torch.aten.randn
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[b:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense_resource<torch_tensor_3_1_torch.float32> : tensor<3x1xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[3,1],f32>
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[p:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense<{{.*>+}} : tensor<1x1xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[1,1],f32>
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[tanh:.+]] = torch.aten.tanh %[[ARG0]]
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def run(f):
 #
 # Validate dialect resources exist.
 # CHECK: dialect_resources:
-# CHECK-DAG: torch_tensor_1_4_torch.float32
 # CHECK-DAG: torch_tensor_3_1_torch.float32
 def test_import_frozen_exported_program():
     # Tests the basic structural premises of import_frozen_exported_program,
@@ -210,11 +209,7 @@ def forward(self):
 @run
 # CHECK-LABEL: test_stack_trace
 # CHECK: #loc[[LOC1:.+]] = loc(
-# CHECK: #loc[[LOC2:.+]] = loc(
-# CHECK: #loc[[LOC3:.+]] = loc(
-# CHECK: #loc[[LOC4:.+]] = loc(callsite(#loc[[LOC2]] at #loc[[LOC3]]))
-# CHECK: #loc[[LOC5:.+]] = loc(callsite(#loc[[LOC1]] at #loc[[LOC4]]))
-# CHECK: %{{.+}} = torch.aten.add.Tensor {{.+}} loc(#loc[[LOC4]])
+# CHECK: %{{.+}} = torch.aten.add.Tensor {{.+}} loc(#loc[[LOC1]])
 def test_stack_trace():
     class Basic(nn.Module):
         def __init__(self):
diff --git a/test/python/fx_importer/symbolic_shape_expr_test.py b/test/python/fx_importer/symbolic_shape_expr_test.py
index 3b8274ccae46..6d1f6dd45150 100644
--- a/test/python/fx_importer/symbolic_shape_expr_test.py
+++ b/test/python/fx_importer/symbolic_shape_expr_test.py
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ def forward(self, x):
         SliceTensorDynamicOutput(),
         x,
         dynamic_shapes=dynamic_shapes,
+        strict=True,
         import_symbolic_shape_expressions=True,
     )
     print(m)
diff --git a/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py b/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
index c0214b761467..9530e9524126 100644
--- a/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
+++ b/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def run(f):
 # This doesn't do mutation but ensures that the basics remain functional.
 # CHECK-LABEL: test_import_frozen_exported_program
 # CHECK:     func.func @main(%[[ARG0:[a-zA-Z0-9]+]]: !torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>) -> !torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>
-# CHECK-DAG: %[[a:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense_resource<torch_tensor_1_4_torch.float32> : tensor<1x4xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[1,4],f32>
+# CHECK-DAG: %[[a:.+]] = torch.aten.randn
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[b:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense_resource<torch_tensor_3_1_torch.float32> : tensor<3x1xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[3,1],f32>
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[p:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense<{{.*>+}} : tensor<1x1xf32>) : !torch.vtensor<[1,1],f32>
 # CHECK-DAG: %[[tanh:.+]] = torch.aten.tanh %[[ARG0]]
diff --git a/torchvision-requirements.txt b/torchvision-requirements.txt
index 913fe77a8d0e..1be85215b92c 100644
--- a/torchvision-requirements.txt
+++ b/torchvision-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu/torchvision/
 --pre
-torchvision==0.22.0.dev20250310
+torchvision==0.22.0.dev20250325