diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c27a3bc3..76071439 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,29 +5,29 @@ cython==0.29.30
 scipy>=1.11.2
 torch>=1.7
 torchaudio
-soundfile
-librosa==0.10.0.*
+soundfile==0.12.*
+librosa==0.10.*
 scikit-learn==1.3.0
 numba==0.55.1;python_version<"3.9"
 numba==0.57.0;python_version>="3.9"
-inflect==5.6.0
-tqdm==4.64.1
-anyascii==0.3.1
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+inflect==5.6.*
+tqdm==4.64.*
+anyascii==0.3.*
+pyyaml==6.*
 fsspec==2023.6.0 # <= 2023.9.1 makes aux tests fail
-aiohttp==3.8.5
+aiohttp==3.8.*
 packaging==23.1
 # deps for examples
-flask==2.2.2
+flask==2.*
 # deps for inference
 pysbd==0.3.4
 # deps for notebooks
-umap-learn==0.5.4
-pandas==1.4.3
+umap-learn==0.5.*
+pandas==1.4.*
 # deps for training
-matplotlib==3.7.3
+matplotlib==3.7.*
 # coqui stack
-trainer==0.0.31
+trainer
 # config management
 coqpit>=0.0.16
 # chinese g2p deps
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@ pypinyin
 # gruut+supported langs
 gruut[de,es,fr]==2.2.3
 # deps for korean
-jamo==0.4.1
-nltk==3.8.1
+jamo
+nltk
 g2pkk>=0.1.1
 # deps for bangla
-bangla==0.0.2
-bnnumerizer==0.0.2
-bnunicodenormalizer==0.1.1
+bangla
+bnnumerizer
+bnunicodenormalizer
 #deps for tortoise
 k_diffusion
-einops==0.6.1
-transformers==4.33.2
+einops==0.6.*
+transformers==4.33.*
 #deps for bark
-encodec==0.1.1
+encodec==0.1.*
 # deps for XTTS
-unidecode
+unidecode==1.3.*