diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bbb5c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+updates.ignore = [
+  { groupId = "edu.stanford.nlp", artifactId = "stanford-corenlp" }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 04d7ec1b..c9eb822b 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val PureConfigVersion = "0.12.3"
   val Slf4jVersion = "1.7.30"
   val SqliteVersion = "3.30.1"
-  val StanfordNlpVersion = "4.0.0"
+  val StanfordNlpVersion = "3.9.2"
   val TikaVersion = "1.24.1"
   val YamuscaVersion = "0.6.1"
   val SwaggerUIVersion = "3.25.0"