diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b76dc4..a7e8ff1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ Flask==2.3.2
 Flask-Cors==4.0.0
 Flask-RESTful==0.3.10
 requests==2.31.0
-spacy==3.6.0
 tiktoken==0.4.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.7 # you can also install from source if it works
 pglast==5.3
-FlagEmbedding~=1.2.5
 litellm==1.34.34
 platformdirs>=4.0.0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a7efc7..c58f0d7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Package metadata
 name = "suql"
-version = "1.1.7a8"
+version = "1.1.7a9"
 description = "Structured and Unstructured Query Language (SUQL) Python API"
 author = "Shicheng Liu"
 author_email = "shicheng@cs.stanford.edu"