diff --git a/requirements/liger-kernel.txt b/requirements/liger-kernel.txt
index bd27a1a0f..1fd2178ac 100644
--- a/requirements/liger-kernel.txt
+++ b/requirements/liger-kernel.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-liger-kernel>=0.5.5
+liger-kernel>=0.6.3
diff --git a/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/liger_kernel.py b/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/liger_kernel.py
index a8f0e842e..70ed8a098 100644
--- a/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/liger_kernel.py
+++ b/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/liger_kernel.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ def apply_liger_kernel(
         from liger_kernel.transformers import apply_liger_kernel_to_qwen3 as apply_liger_kernel
     elif model_type == "qwen3_moe":
         from liger_kernel.transformers import apply_liger_kernel_to_qwen3_moe as apply_liger_kernel
+    elif model_type == "qwen3_next":
+        from liger_kernel.transformers import apply_liger_kernel_to_qwen3_next as apply_liger_kernel
     elif model_type == "gpt_oss":
         try:
             from liger_kernel.transformers import apply_liger_kernel_to_gpt_oss as apply_liger_kernel