diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-alternative-backends.yml b/conda-envs/environment-alternative-backends.yml
index b51ee3308d..1b575a1994 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-alternative-backends.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-alternative-backends.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
 - numpyro>=0.8.0
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - networkx
 - rich>=13.7.1
diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml b/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
index 857f7ef513..24da9d3966 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
 - numpy>=1.25.0
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - networkx
 - scipy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-docs.yml b/conda-envs/environment-docs.yml
index 267c77cf2a..339f3c73e9 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-docs.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-docs.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
 - numpy>=1.25.0
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - rich>=13.7.1
 - scipy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-test.yml b/conda-envs/environment-test.yml
index dc732cfc49..f855163a6e 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-test.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
 - polyagamma
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - networkx
 - rich>=13.7.1
diff --git a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
index 989a0558c4..d3df2b8a46 100644
--- a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
 - numpy>=1.25.0
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - networkx
 - rich>=13.7.1
diff --git a/conda-envs/windows-environment-test.yml b/conda-envs/windows-environment-test.yml
index 9435b068b0..4d070f3f9a 100644
--- a/conda-envs/windows-environment-test.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/windows-environment-test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
 - polyagamma
-- pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+- pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 - python-graphviz
 - networkx
 - rich>=13.7.1
diff --git a/pymc/variational/opvi.py b/pymc/variational/opvi.py
index f5ef6a4205..0903d27758 100644
--- a/pymc/variational/opvi.py
+++ b/pymc/variational/opvi.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 from pytensor.graph.replace import graph_replace
 from pytensor.scalar.basic import identity as scalar_identity
 from pytensor.tensor.elemwise import Elemwise
-from pytensor.tensor.shape import unbroadcast
 
 import pymc as pm
 
@@ -1096,13 +1095,6 @@ def make_size_and_deterministic_replacements(self, s, d, more_replacements=None)
         """
         initial = self._new_initial(s, d, more_replacements)
         initial = pt.specify_shape(initial, self.symbolic_initial.type.shape)
-        # The static shape of initial may be more precise than self.symbolic_initial,
-        # and reveal previously unknown broadcastable dimensions. We have to mask those again.
-        if initial.type.broadcastable != self.symbolic_initial.type.broadcastable:
-            unbroadcast_axes = (
-                i for i, b in enumerate(self.symbolic_initial.type.broadcastable) if not b
-            )
-            initial = unbroadcast(initial, *unbroadcast_axes)
         if more_replacements:
             initial = graph_replace(initial, more_replacements, strict=False)
         return {self.symbolic_initial: initial}
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index becf5c7fcc..534503c249 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ numpydoc
 pandas>=0.24.0
 polyagamma
 pre-commit>=2.8.0
-pytensor>=2.28.3,<2.29
+pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 pytest-cov>=2.5
 pytest>=3.0
 rich>=13.7.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c0a6151122..c278ad6917 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cachetools>=4.2.1
 cloudpickle
 numpy>=1.25.0
 pandas>=0.24.0
-pytensor>=2.28.2,<2.29
+pytensor>=2.30.2,<2.31
 rich>=13.7.1
 scipy>=1.4.1
 threadpoolctl>=3.1.0,<4.0.0