diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index e691e16e47f1..bd8b01b77f7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.shard_name }}(py=${{ matrix.python-version }},dj=${{ matrix.django-version }},mongo=${{ matrix.mongo-version }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os-version }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "3.11"
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 7d32c78a47b5..89497c93540b 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -5575,7 +5575,7 @@ def _should_send_learning_badge_events(settings):
 # .. toggle_warning: Not production-ready until https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/34840 is done.
 # .. toggle_creation_date: 2024-11-10
 # .. toggle_target_removal_date: 2025-06-01
-USE_EXTRACTED_WORD_CLOUD_BLOCK = False
+USE_EXTRACTED_WORD_CLOUD_BLOCK = True
 
 # .. toggle_name: USE_EXTRACTED_ANNOTATABLE_BLOCK
 # .. toggle_default: False
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 7d432e2a7b7a..6f9db868d713 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ xblock-utils==4.0.0
     # via
     #   edx-sga
     #   xblock-poll
-xblocks-contrib==0.1.0
+git+https://github.com/openedx/xblocks-contrib.git@farhan/word-cloud-xblock
     # via -r requirements/edx/bundled.in
 xmlsec==1.3.14
     # via python3-saml
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 1f65f6c90138..d297b3cd0f58 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ xblock-utils==4.0.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   edx-sga
     #   xblock-poll
-xblocks-contrib==0.1.0
+git+https://github.com/openedx/xblocks-contrib.git@farhan/word-cloud-xblock
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index 2388cb4a0e1d..5a186495df72 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ xblock-utils==4.0.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-sga
     #   xblock-poll
-xblocks-contrib==0.1.0
+git+https://github.com/openedx/xblocks-contrib.git@farhan/word-cloud-xblock
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 xmlsec==1.3.14
     # via
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 672e70166503..d6d74af1bf03 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ xblock-utils==4.0.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-sga
     #   xblock-poll
-xblocks-contrib==0.1.0
+git+https://github.com/openedx/xblocks-contrib.git@farhan/word-cloud-xblock
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 xmlsec==1.3.14
     # via