diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 574cde2..19055cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,16 +36,9 @@ You need Tesseract for the OCR functionality:
 ```bash
 sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
 ```
-#### Python Dependencies
+### Python Dependencies
 
-To run AnkiAI, you'll need to have the following dependencies installed:
-
-```
-genanki==0.8.0
-Pillow
-openai
-flask
-```
+To ensure consistent functionality, it's crucial to use the provided `requirements.txt` file which pins dependencies to known compatible versions.
 
 You can install the Python dependencies via `pip` using the `requirements.txt` file:
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9706f08..c7b42b7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 genanki==0.8.0
-Pillow
-openai
-flask
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+Pillow==10.0.1
+openai==0.28.0
+Flask==2.3.3
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