diff --git a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
index 56ae306b..40986f12 100644
--- a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ const stickyVars = {
     'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_ENDPOINTING',
     'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS',
     'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_VAD_TURNOFF',
-    'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_TAG'
+    'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_TAG',
+    'DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_MODEL_VERSION'
   ],
   aws: [
     'AWS_VOCABULARY_NAME',
@@ -709,7 +710,9 @@ module.exports = (logger) => {
         ...(deepgramOptions.vadTurnoff) &&
           {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_VAD_TURNOFF: deepgramOptions.vadTurnoff},
         ...(deepgramOptions.tag) &&
-          {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_TAG: deepgramOptions.tag}
+          {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_TAG: deepgramOptions.tag},
+        ...(deepgramOptions.version) &&
+          {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_MODEL_VERSION: deepgramOptions.version}
       };
     }
     else if ('soniox' === vendor) {