diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a026bfae95..309d7d3372 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     'torch>=2.3.0,<2.4',
     'datasets>=2.19,<2.20',
     'fsspec==2023.6.0',  # newer version results in a bug in datasets that duplicates data
-    'sentencepiece==0.1.97',
+    'sentencepiece==0.2.0',
     'einops==0.8.0',
     'omegaconf>=2.2.3,<3',
     'slack-sdk<4',