diff --git a/libs/langchain/poetry.lock b/libs/langchain/poetry.lock
index 75ae888efdb..84d87636469 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/poetry.lock
+++ b/libs/langchain/poetry.lock
@@ -9457,7 +9457,7 @@ yarl = "*"
 name = "vowpal-wabbit-next"
 version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Experimental python bindings for VowpalWabbit"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "vowpal-wabbit-next-0.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f0381614d99fac6a0f52e995ee0bfc7b681054f397bea7ff08b8a523d5315a54"},
@@ -10083,4 +10083,4 @@ text-helpers = ["chardet"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "505c324e9a84f481084f62ebccf3091e18a165b753d96bd43ec60344c33dc01d"
+content-hash = "eba7c01296c1948ab432ca2bc70e274e79a4135d66b4c189d6bb95b5e0c41198"
diff --git a/libs/langchain/pyproject.toml b/libs/langchain/pyproject.toml
index 575b0ba0895..3d48a559685 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/langchain/pyproject.toml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ newspaper3k = {version = "^0.2.8", optional = true}
 amazon-textract-caller = {version = "<2", optional = true}
 xata = {version = "^1.0.0a7", optional = true}
 xmltodict = {version = "^0.13.0", optional = true}
-vowpal-wabbit-next = "0.6.0"
+vowpal-wabbit-next = {version = "0.6.0", optional = true}
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]