diff --git a/neuralprophet/event_utils.py b/neuralprophet/event_utils.py
index ebff84bc9..870dbb4fa 100644
--- a/neuralprophet/event_utils.py
+++ b/neuralprophet/event_utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_all_holidays(years, country):
         single_country = "TUR" if single_country == "TU" else single_country
         # get dict of dates and their holiday name
         single_country_specific_holidays = country_holidays(
-            country=single_country, subdiv=subdivision, years=years, expand=True, observed=False
+            country=single_country, subdiv=subdivision, years=years, expand=True, observed=False, language="en"
         )
         # invert order - for given holiday, store list of dates
         for date, name in single_country_specific_holidays.items():
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 246c996b6..ca3232f22 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "absl-py"
@@ -2417,6 +2417,7 @@ description = "Nvidia JIT LTO Library"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3"
 files = [
+    {file = "nvidia_nvjitlink_cu12-12.5.40-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:004186d5ea6a57758fd6d57052a123c73a4815adf365eb8dd6a85c9eaa7535ff"},
     {file = "nvidia_nvjitlink_cu12-12.5.40-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d9714f27c1d0f0895cd8915c07a87a1d0029a0aa36acaf9156952ec2a8a12189"},
     {file = "nvidia_nvjitlink_cu12-12.5.40-py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:c3401dc8543b52d3a8158007a0c1ab4e9c768fcbd24153a48c86972102197ddd"},
 ]
@@ -3110,6 +3111,7 @@ files = [
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     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:40df9b996c2b73138957fe23a16a4f0ba614f4c0efce1e9406a184b6d07fa3a9"},
+    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index ef06e3d51..05996f8b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ def test_multiple_countries():
     holiday_names = m.model.config_holidays.holiday_names
     assert "Independence Day" in holiday_names
     assert "Christmas Day" in holiday_names
+    assert "Erster Weihnachtstag" not in holiday_names
     assert "Neujahr" not in holiday_names