diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10b4c39b..5390ab00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,4 +175,5 @@ tags
 /checkpoints/
 exp
 .gradio/
-experimental_voices
\ No newline at end of file
+experimental_voices
+.worktrees/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea0f8370..5693db86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "torch",
     "transformers>=4.51.3,<5.0.0",
-    "accelerate",
+    "accelerate>=1.14.0",
     "llvmlite>=0.40.0",
     "numba>=0.57.0",
     "diffusers",