diff --git a/abogen/Dockerfile b/abogen/Dockerfile
index 7f52664..3c7d53b 100644
--- a/abogen/Dockerfile
+++ b/abogen/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
      else \
        pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url "$TORCH_INDEX_URL"; \
      fi \
-  && pip install --no-cache-dir . en-core-web-sm==3.8.0
+  && pip install --no-cache-dir . \
+    https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-3.8.0/en_core_web_sm-3.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
 
 ENV ABOGEN_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
   ABOGEN_PORT=8808
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf24a85..1cc84d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "misaki[zh]>=0.9.4",
     "ebooklib>=0.19",
     "beautifulsoup4>=4.13.4",
-    "en-core-web-sm==3.8.0",
+    "en-core-web-sm @ https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-3.8.0/en_core_web_sm-3.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     "PyMuPDF>=1.25.5",
     "platformdirs>=4.3.7",
     "soundfile>=0.13.1",