diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 15e86fd..f8edca0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy
 scipy>=0.9
 digExtractor>=0.2.0
-scikit-learn==0.17
+scikit-learn==1.5.0
 nltk
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b64c597..5215806 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def run(self):
     # these are the subdirs of the current directory that we care about
     'packages': ['digRandomIndexingExtractor'],
     'scripts': [],
-    'install_requires':['scipy>=0.9', 'numpy', 'digExtractor>=0.2.0', 'scikit-learn==0.17','nltk'],
+    'install_requires':['scipy>=0.9', 'numpy', 'digExtractor>=0.2.0', 'scikit-learn==1.5.0','nltk'],
     'cmdclass':{'install': Install}
 }