diff --git a/requirements/requirements_nlp.txt b/requirements/requirements_nlp.txt
index 16b6c574d2fa..6a86dacbfefb 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_nlp.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_nlp.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ matplotlib>=3.3.2
 #megatron_core>0.6.0 # add back once mcore on pypi is compatible again
 nltk>=3.6.5
 numpy<2  # tensorstore has an implicit compiled dependency on numpy<2
-opencc<1.1.7
+opencc
 pangu
 prettytable
 rapidfuzz