diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 69b2eda73..bd304353f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ dependencies:
       - regex>=2023.8.8
       - SPARQLWrapper>=2.0.0
       - tensorflow>=2.11.0
+      - langcodes>=3.0.0
+      - language_data>=1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e570d825a..ca9aba163 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ regex>=2023.3.23
 sentencepiece>=0.1.95
 SPARQLWrapper>=2.0.0
 tabulate>=0.8.9
-tensorflow>=2.5.1
+tensorflow>=2.11.0
 tqdm==4.56.1
 transformers>=4.12
+langcodes>=3.0.0
+language_data>=1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/utils.py b/src/scribe_data/utils.py
index b424fa845..4c067ee50 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/utils.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/utils.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 from importlib import resources
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
+import langcodes
+from langcodes import *
 
 PROJECT_ROOT = "Scribe-Data"
 
@@ -154,13 +156,11 @@ def get_language_iso(language: str) -> str:
         str
             The ISO code for the language.
     """
-    return _find(
-        "language",
-        language,
-        "iso",
-        f"{language.capitalize()} is currently not a supported language for ISO conversion.",
-    )
-
+    try:
+        iso_code = str(langcodes.find(language).language)
+    except LookupError:
+        raise ValueError(f"{language.capitalize()} is currently not a supported language for ISO conversion.")
+    return iso_code
 
 def get_language_from_iso(iso: str) -> str:
     """
@@ -176,12 +176,11 @@ def get_language_from_iso(iso: str) -> str:
         str
             The name for the language which has an ISO value of iso.
     """
-    return _find(
-        "iso",
-        iso,
-        "language",
-        f"{iso.upper()} is currently not a supported ISO language.",
-    ).capitalize()
+
+    language_name = str(Language.make(language=iso).display_name())
+    if "Unknown language" in str(language_name):
+        raise ValueError(f"{iso.upper()} is currently not a supported ISO language.")
+    return language_name
 
 
 def get_language_words_to_remove(language: str) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/tests/load/test_update_utils.py b/tests/load/test_update_utils.py
index 6aeaef415..4a99bcfd9 100644
--- a/tests/load/test_update_utils.py
+++ b/tests/load/test_update_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import unittest
 import pytest
 
+import sys
+sys.path.append('../../src')
+
 from scribe_data import utils