diff --git a/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/Dockerfile.cpu b/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/Dockerfile.cpu
index f3c32204a86b..9e305de1b54a 100644
--- a/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -U torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION} \
     accelerate \
     # pin numpy requirement for fastai dependency
     # requires explicit declaration of spacy, thic, blis
-    spacy \
+    spacy==3.8.7 \
     # pin thinc due to incompatibility with numpy 1.26.4 (sagemaker doesn't support latest numpy)
     thinc==8.3.4  \
     blis \
diff --git a/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/cu129/Dockerfile.gpu b/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/cu129/Dockerfile.gpu
index 52997f799aca..0b90890db2fb 100644
--- a/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/cu129/Dockerfile.gpu
+++ b/pytorch/training/docker/2.8/py3/cu129/Dockerfile.gpu
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -U torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION} \
     accelerate \
     # pin numpy requirement for fastai dependency
     # requires explicit declaration of spacy, thic, blis
-    spacy \
+    spacy==3.8.7 \
     # pin thinc due to incompatibility with numpy 1.26.4 (sagemaker doesn't support latest numpy)
     thinc==8.3.4 \
     blis \