# How to specify the pip version?

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**Author:** ![cansik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/cansik/32/17307_2.png) [@cansik](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fcansik)%5C
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Please add the possibility to specify the pip version in the readme. It seems that newer versions (`22.0.1>`) break compatibility:

[https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/issues/8864](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/issues/8864)

As an example, it could look like this:

```nohighlight
---
python_version: 3.8.9
pip_version: 21.3.1
---

```

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**Author:** ![jannisborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jannisborn](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fjannisborn)%5C
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This can be done in a separate file that you have to call `pre-requirements.txt`.

For further info read here: [Handling Spaces Dependencies](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-dependencies)