diff --git a/examples/notebooks/03-active-learning-with-setfit.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/03-active-learning-with-setfit.ipynb
index f13c84a..0bf0595 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/03-active-learning-with-setfit.ipynb
+++ b/examples/notebooks/03-active-learning-with-setfit.ipynb
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
    "source": [
     "%pip install small-text[transformers]==1.4.0\n",
     "\n",
-    "# setfit is an optional dependency and must be installed as well\n",
-    "%pip install setfit>=0.5.0\n",
+    "# setfit is used as an optional dependency here\n",
+    "%pip install setfit==0.7.0  # Currently requires setfit<1.0.0; see installation guide for details.\n",
     "%pip install datasets\n",
     "%pip install matplotlib\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/examples/notebooks/04-zero-shot-cold-start.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/04-zero-shot-cold-start.ipynb
index 569a58e..3725bff 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/04-zero-shot-cold-start.ipynb
+++ b/examples/notebooks/04-zero-shot-cold-start.ipynb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     "%pip install small-text[transformers]==1.4.0\n",
     "\n",
     "# setfit is an optional dependency and must be installed as well\n",
-    "%pip install setfit==0.7.0\n",
+    "%pip install setfit==0.7.0  # Currently requires setfit<1.0.0; see installation guide for details.\n",
     "%pip install datasets\n",
     "%pip install matplotlib\n",
     "\n",