diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9babfaeea67..34e6b8b2dddd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     "av==9.2.0",  # Latest version of PyAV (10.0.0) has issues with audio stream.
     "beautifulsoup4",
     "blobfile",
-    "codecarbon==1.2.0",
+    "codecarbon>=2.8.1",
     "cookiecutter==1.7.3",
     "dataclasses",
     "datasets!=2.5.0",
diff --git a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
index 85345cc8e588..fce825d5617d 100644
--- a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
+++ b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "av": "av==9.2.0",
     "beautifulsoup4": "beautifulsoup4",
     "blobfile": "blobfile",
-    "codecarbon": "codecarbon==1.2.0",
+    "codecarbon": "codecarbon>=2.8.1",
     "cookiecutter": "cookiecutter==1.7.3",
     "dataclasses": "dataclasses",
     "datasets": "datasets!=2.5.0",