# 'LayerNormalization' Error at rasa init

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/layernormalization-error-at-rasa-init/47653>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/layernormalization-error-at-rasa-init/47653 "2021-09-11T14:03:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/layernormalization-error-at-rasa-init/47653/1 "2021-09-11T14:03:14Z")

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Traceback (most recent call last): File “c:\python38\lib\runpy.py”, line 193, in _run\_module\_as\_main return run\_code(code, main\_globals, None, File “c:\python38\lib\runpy.py”, line 86, in run\_code exec(code, run\_globals) File "C:\Python38\Scripts\rasa.exe\_main.py", line 7, in File "c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\_main.py", line 117, in main cmdline\_arguments.func(cmdline\_arguments) File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py”, line 235, in run init\_project(args, path) File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py”, line 130, in init\_project print\_train\_or\_instructions(args, path) File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py”, line 69, in print\_train\_or\_instructions training\_result = rasa.train(domain, config, training\_files, output) File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\api.py”, line 106, in train from rasa.model\_training import train\_async File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\model\_training.py”, line 22, in from rasa.nlu.model import Interpreter File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\nlu\model.py”, line 14, in from rasa.nlu import components, utils File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\nlu\components.py”, line 7, in import rasa.utils.train\_utils File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\utils\train\_utils.py”, line 39, in from rasa.utils.tensorflow.callback import RasaTrainingLogger, RasaModelCheckpoint File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\rasa\utils\tensorflow\callback.py”, line 5, in import tensorflow as tf File "c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\_init_.py", line 41, in from tensorflow.python.tools import module\_util as _module\_util File "c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\_init_.py", line 47, in from tensorflow.python import keras File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\ __init_\_.py”, line 27, in from tensorflow.python.keras import models File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\models.py”, line 27, in from tensorflow.python.keras.engine import sequential File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\engine\sequential.py”, line 27, in from tensorflow.python.keras import layers as layer\_module File “c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\layers\__ init_\_.py”, line 174, in from tensorflow.python.keras.layers.normalization import LayerNormalization ImportError: cannot import name ‘LayerNormalization’ from ‘tensorflow.python.keras.layers.normalization’ (c:\python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\layers\normalization\__init_\_.py)

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**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/layernormalization-error-at-rasa-init/47653/2 "2021-09-13T06:37:28Z")

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Hello @prateekkunwar180

What is the output of `rasa --version` and `poetry --version` for you? Did you update Rasa recently?