diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 890af47..e9be40e 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fi
 apprise_installation_status=$(~/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c 'import pkgutil; print("installed" if pkgutil.find_loader("apprise") else "not installed")')
 if [[ "$apprise_installation_status" = "not installed" ]];then
   $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install -U pip
-  $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install -U apprise
+  $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install apprise
 fi
 [ -f $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt ] || sudo -E -ucaddy touch $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt
 if ! which lsof &>/dev/null;then