diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 041e06084..a3dc8c2ea 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ovos-core[mycroft,lgpl]>=0.0.8a92
 neon-utils[network]~=1.10
 ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0.8
-neon-transformers~=0.2
+neon-transformers@git+https://github.com/neongeckocom/neon-transformers@FIX_OvosUtils0.1Compat #~=0.2
 ovos-config~=0.0.12
 ovos-plugin-manager~=0.0.25
 # TODO: ovos-backend-client pinned for stable release