diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 338fb3d..a326bea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "~3.11"
 caikit = "0.26.18"
-caikit-nlp = "0.4.8"
+caikit-nlp = "0.5.9"
 caikit-tgis-backend = "0.1.31"
 
 [build-system]