diff --git a/examples/image-classification/requirements.txt b/examples/image-classification/requirements.txt
index fc17d6b79f..87694059fe 100644
--- a/examples/image-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/image-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 torch>=1.5.0
 torchvision>=0.6.0
-datasets>=2.4.0
+datasets>=2.14.0
 evaluate
 scikit-learn
diff --git a/examples/image-classification/run_image_classification.py b/examples/image-classification/run_image_classification.py
index 080970c344..82b2e1ba3f 100644
--- a/examples/image-classification/run_image_classification.py
+++ b/examples/image-classification/run_image_classification.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def check_optimum_habana_min_version(*a, **b):
 check_min_version("4.34.0")
 check_optimum_habana_min_version("1.8.1")
 
-require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/image-classification/requirements.txt")
+require_version("datasets>=2.14.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/image-classification/requirements.txt")
 
 MODEL_CONFIG_CLASSES = list(MODEL_FOR_IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION_MAPPING.keys())
 MODEL_TYPES = tuple(conf.model_type for conf in MODEL_CONFIG_CLASSES)