diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50c0d2ac66..098f5eee9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ tensorboardX
 pyworld
 # coqui stack
 trainer
-coqpit # config management
+# config management
+coqpit>=0.0.16
 # chinese g2p deps
 jieba
 pypinyin