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   If you are using the NLP with PyTorch feature make sure your Eland minor version matches the minor 
   version of your Elasticsearch cluster. For all other features it is sufficient for the major versions
   to match.
+- You need to use PyTorch `1.11.0` or earlier to import an NLP model. 
+  Run `pip install torch==1.11` to install the aproppriate version of PyTorch.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
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 [[ml-nlp-pytorch]]
 === Natural language processing (NLP) with PyTorch
 
+
+IMPORTANT: You need to use PyTorch `1.11.0` or earlier to import an NLP model. 
+Run `pip install torch==1.11` to install the aproppriate version of PyTorch.
+
 For NLP tasks, Eland enables you to import PyTorch trained BERT models into {es}. 
 Models can be either plain PyTorch models, or supported 
 https://huggingface.co/transformers[transformers] models from the