diff --git a/conda/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipe.yaml
index cdeca881f..9d8ed34ae 100644
--- a/conda/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipe.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requirements:
      - python>=3.8,<3.12
   run:
      - python>=3.8,<3.12
-     - python-bidi
+     - python-bidi~=0.4.0
      - lxml
      - regex
      - requests
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index be2050ffa..47e991eeb 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - python>=3.9
-  - python-bidi
+  - python-bidi~=0.4.0
   - lxml
   - regex
   - requests
diff --git a/environment_cuda.yml b/environment_cuda.yml
index 392284508..fa0e3edc9 100644
--- a/environment_cuda.yml
+++ b/environment_cuda.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - python>=3.9
-  - python-bidi
+  - python-bidi~=0.4.0
   - lxml
   - regex
   - requests
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5f675f35e..1400d5d12 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install_requires =
     protobuf>=3.0.0
     coremltools~=6.0
     jinja2~=3.0
-    python-bidi
+    python-bidi~=0.4.0
     torchvision>=0.5.0
     torch~=2.1.0
     scikit-learn~=1.2.1