diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 72eff9c..4576beb 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 groups = ["main", "dev"]
-markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""
 files = [
     {file = "click-8.1.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:63c132bbbed01578a06712a2d1f497bb62d9c1c0d329b7903a866228027263b2"},
     {file = "click-8.1.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ed53c9d8990d83c2a27deae68e4ee337473f6330c040a31d4225c9574d16096a"},
@@ -108,32 +107,16 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
-[[package]]
-name = "click"
-version = "8.2.1"
-description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["main", "dev"]
-markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""
-files = [
-    {file = "click-8.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:61a3265b914e850b85317d0b3109c7f8cd35a670f963866005d6ef1d5175a12b"},
-    {file = "click-8.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:27c491cc05d968d271d5a1db13e3b5a184636d9d930f148c50b038f0d0646202"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cmudict"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.3"
 description = "A versioned python wrapper package for The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary data files."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "cmudict-1.1.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7caca8c4aef7390046464b8660f4dcd13c3797799047f88abd1e9ee75d368cf7"},
-    {file = "cmudict-1.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:22165def734f1a9c191ca168c066d7ea582c8b8da790da3e8344e965e2647db8"},
+    {file = "cmudict-1.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e4d421341bf9fa774bcded8e7d6c5d73a1bf8f88edbe129207713850abac4995"},
+    {file = "cmudict-1.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f6c1cb9a2ffecef387bf1a1b93be6c61c91bc6f41714f183c3eb4d5b3e1ff5f6"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -881,4 +864,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<4.0"
-content-hash = "6836f70b9adcf593d82ce3a1022a1406c111fdbb2565b3ae0d1769fb16fee580"
+content-hash = "2321efd5e402b3f715ab7cd4abbb15d536eefd7378d500732d267c9dc1dba916"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 10adf78..6d8e784 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 keywords = ["text analytics", "prose fiction", "natural language processing", "NLP", "linguistics"]
 dependencies = [
     "importlib-metadata>=5.1.0",
-    "cmudict>=1.0.11",
+    "cmudict>=1.1.3",
     "narrative>=1.1.1",
     "pointofview>=1.0.2",
     "syllables>=1.0.4",