diff --git a/ovos_core/intent_services/stop_service.py b/ovos_core/intent_services/stop_service.py
index f9ba7f17b0b..651597136aa 100644
--- a/ovos_core/intent_services/stop_service.py
+++ b/ovos_core/intent_services/stop_service.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from ovos_config.config import Configuration
 from ovos_plugin_manager.templates.pipeline import PipelineMatch, PipelinePlugin
 from ovos_utils import flatten_list
-from ovos_utils.bracket_expansion import expand_options
+from ovos_utils.bracket_expansion import expand_template
 from ovos_utils.lang import standardize_lang_tag
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_utils.parse import match_one
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def load_resource_files(self):
             self._voc_cache[lang2] = {}
             for f in os.listdir(f"{base}/{lang}"):
                 with open(f"{base}/{lang}/{f}", encoding="utf-8") as fi:
-                    lines = [expand_options(l) for l in fi.read().split("\n")
+                    lines = [expand_template(l) for l in fi.read().split("\n")
                              if l.strip() and not l.startswith("#")]
                     n = f.split(".", 1)[0]
                     self._voc_cache[lang2][n] = flatten_list(lines)
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 21591cb0cec..548a218951f 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ovos-adapt-parser>=1.0.5, <2.0.0
 ovos_ocp_pipeline_plugin>=1.0.7, <2.0.0
 ovos-common-query-pipeline-plugin>=1.0.5, <2.0.0
 
-ovos-utils>=0.3.5,<1.0.0
+ovos-utils[extras]>=0.6.0a1,<1.0.0
 ovos_bus_client>=0.1.4,<2.0.0
 ovos-plugin-manager>=0.5.6,<1.0.0
 ovos-config>=0.0.13,<2.0.0