diff --git a/requirements-ocr.txt b/requirements-ocr.txt
index dad26f4..767a9a6 100644
--- a/requirements-ocr.txt
+++ b/requirements-ocr.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 torch
 transformers <= 4.30.2 ; python_version < '3.10'
 transformers >= 5 ; python_version >= '3.10'
+tensorflow < 2.16 # for tensorflow-addons, so only needed in training
+tf-keras < 2.16 # avoid keras 3 (also needs TF_USE_LEGACY_KERAS=1)