diff --git a/requirements/nlp.txt b/requirements/nlp.txt
index cbd2c112..85e0bbb7 100644
--- a/requirements/nlp.txt
+++ b/requirements/nlp.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+en_core_web_sm>=2.3.5
 pai-easynlp
 # rough-score was just recently updated from 0.0.4 to 0.0.7
 # which introduced compatability issues that are being investigated