diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c3adcf..bc0f192 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ The NLP allows users to parse dataset using the spacy model from python in which
 The following python packages are required:
   1. numpy
   2. beautifulsoup4
-  3. spacy
+  3. spacy 
+
+* Tests were run using spacy version 2.2.1
 
 To install these packages with
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b975631..c08bc92 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 numpy
 beautifulsoup4
-spacy
+spacy==2.2.1
 langdetect