diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index feeea99..edfbe76 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ocrd includes opencv, numpy, shapely, click
-ocrd >= 3.0.0a2
+ocrd >= 3.0.0b1
 numpy <1.24.0
 scikit-learn >= 0.23.2
 tensorflow == 2.12.1