diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 9df5ad71..2963141f 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ tendo
 pyyaml
 fastembed
 scikit-learn
-huggingface_hub
+huggingface_hub==1.17.0
 openoutreach @ git+https://github.com/eracle/openoutreach-cli.git@main