diff --git a/cv_py/__init__.py b/cv_py/__init__.py
index d8ea7044a8..b9aba0e337 100644
--- a/cv_py/__init__.py
+++ b/cv_py/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+import scispacy
+
 __title__ = "cv-py"
+
+__scispacy_version__ = scispacy.__version__
+
 __compatible__ = {
     "cord19_cdcs": "~0.2.3",
+    "en_core_sci_sm": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_core_sci_md": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_core_sci_lg": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_ner_craft_md": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_ner_jnlpba_md": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_ner_bc5cdr_md": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_ner_bionlp13cg_md": __scispacy_version__,
+    "en_core_sci_scibert": __scispacy_version__
 }
 __release__ = True
diff --git a/cv_py/resources/datapackage.py b/cv_py/resources/datapackage.py
index d963b65456..4ef420e2ee 100644
--- a/cv_py/resources/datapackage.py
+++ b/cv_py/resources/datapackage.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from cv_py import __compatible__
+from cv_py import __compatible__, __scispacy_version__
 import argparse
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import requests
 import semantic_version as sv
 
-
 __all__ = ["load"]
 
 
@@ -40,17 +39,9 @@ def get_filename(datapackage="cord19_cdcs"):
             f"https://github.com/{repo}/releases/download/v{v}/cord19-cdcs-{v}.tar.gz"
         )
         return fname
-    elif datapackage in [  # Sci-spaCy
-        "en_core_sci_sm",
-        "en_core_sci_md",
-        "en_core_sci_lg",
-        "en_ner_craft_md",
-        "en_ner_jnlpba_md",
-        "en_ner_bc5cdr_md",
-        "en_ner_bionlp13cg_md",
-    ]:
+    else:
         fname = (
-            f"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ai2-s2-scispacy/releases/v0.2.4/{datapackage}-0.2.4.tar.gz"
+            f"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ai2-s2-scispacy/releases/v{__scispacy_version__}/{datapackage}-{__scispacy_version__}.tar.gz"
         )
         return fname
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 83b43f99d3..6d4e3f9adc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ pyarrow = "^3.0.0"
 scikit-learn = "^0.24.1"
 dask = {extras = ["complete"], version = "^2.13.0"}
 
+#necessary to download the correct scispacy language models
+scispacy = "^0.4.4"
+
 # A list of optional dependencies, choosable by module
 ## Spacy ecosystem
 textacy = { version = "^0.10.0", optional = true}
-scispacy = { version = "^0.2.4", optional = true}
 
 ## flair ecosystem
 flair = { version = "^0.4.5", optional = true}