diff --git a/DIFFUSERS.md b/DIFFUSERS.md
index 1171920e1..47b86af47 100644
--- a/DIFFUSERS.md
+++ b/DIFFUSERS.md
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
 
 initial support merged into `dev` branch  
 
-- first download and start as normal:
+- download from branch and start as normal:
   > git clone https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic -b dev diffusers  
   > cd diffusers  
   > webui --debug --backend original  
 
-- then upgrade diffusers to unreleased version and switch to using diffusers
-  > pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers  
-  > webui --debug --quick --backend diffusers  
-
 - to go back to standard execution pipeline, start with  
   > webui --debug --backend original
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cdd498173..6dc79e46a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ requests==2.31.0
 tqdm==4.65.0
 accelerate==0.20.3
 opencv-python==4.7.0.72
-diffusers==0.17.1
+diffusers==0.18.0
 einops==0.4.1
 gradio==3.32.0
 numexpr==2.8.4