diff --git a/TTS/encoder/utils/visual.py b/TTS/encoder/utils/visual.py
index f2db2f3f..6575b86e 100644
--- a/TTS/encoder/utils/visual.py
+++ b/TTS/encoder/utils/visual.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ colormap = (
             [0, 0, 0],
             [183, 183, 183],
         ],
-        dtype=np.float,
+        dtype=float,
     )
     / 255
 )
diff --git a/TTS/tts/configs/bark_config.py b/TTS/tts/configs/bark_config.py
index 647116bd..4d1cd137 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/configs/bark_config.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/configs/bark_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Dict
 
 from TTS.tts.configs.shared_configs import BaseTTSConfig
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ class BarkConfig(BaseTTSConfig):
     """
 
     model: str = "bark"
-    audio: BarkAudioConfig = BarkAudioConfig()
+    audio: BarkAudioConfig = field(default_factory=BarkAudioConfig)
     num_chars: int = 0
-    semantic_config: GPTConfig = GPTConfig()
-    fine_config: FineGPTConfig = FineGPTConfig()
-    coarse_config: GPTConfig = GPTConfig()
+    semantic_config: GPTConfig = field(default_factory=GPTConfig)
+    fine_config: FineGPTConfig = field(default_factory=FineGPTConfig)
+    coarse_config: GPTConfig = field(default_factory=GPTConfig)
     CONTEXT_WINDOW_SIZE: int = 1024
     SEMANTIC_RATE_HZ: float = 49.9
     SEMANTIC_VOCAB_SIZE: int = 10_000
diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/hubert/kmeans_hubert.py b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/hubert/kmeans_hubert.py
index 7c667755..ee544ee1 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/hubert/kmeans_hubert.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/hubert/kmeans_hubert.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ License: MIT
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import fairseq
 import torch
 from einops import pack, unpack
 from torch import nn
 from torchaudio.functional import resample
+from transformers import HubertModel
 
 logging.root.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
@@ -49,22 +49,11 @@ class CustomHubert(nn.Module):
         self.target_sample_hz = target_sample_hz
         self.seq_len_multiple_of = seq_len_multiple_of
         self.output_layer = output_layer
-
         if device is not None:
             self.to(device)
-
-        model_path = Path(checkpoint_path)
-
-        assert model_path.exists(), f"path {checkpoint_path} does not exist"
-
-        checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path)
-        load_model_input = {checkpoint_path: checkpoint}
-        model, *_ = fairseq.checkpoint_utils.load_model_ensemble_and_task(load_model_input)
-
+        self.model = HubertModel.from_pretrained("facebook/hubert-base-ls960")
         if device is not None:
-            model[0].to(device)
-
-        self.model = model[0]
+            self.model.to(device)
         self.model.eval()
 
     @property
@@ -81,19 +70,13 @@ class CustomHubert(nn.Module):
         if exists(self.seq_len_multiple_of):
             wav_input = curtail_to_multiple(wav_input, self.seq_len_multiple_of)
 
-        embed = self.model(
+        outputs = self.model.forward(
             wav_input,
-            features_only=True,
-            mask=False,  # thanks to @maitycyrus for noticing that mask is defaulted to True in the fairseq code
-            output_layer=self.output_layer,
+            output_hidden_states=True,
         )
-
-        embed, packed_shape = pack([embed["x"]], "* d")
-
-        # codebook_indices = self.kmeans.predict(embed.cpu().detach().numpy())
-
-        codebook_indices = torch.from_numpy(embed.cpu().detach().numpy()).to(device)  # .long()
-
+        embed = outputs["hidden_states"][self.output_layer]
+        embed, packed_shape = pack([embed], "* d")
+        codebook_indices = torch.from_numpy(embed.cpu().detach().numpy()).to(device)
         if flatten:
             return codebook_indices
 
diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
index fa7a1ebf..da962ab1 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def generate_voice(
     # generate semantic tokens
     # Load the HuBERT model
     hubert_manager = HubertManager()
-    hubert_manager.make_sure_hubert_installed(model_path=model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert"])
+    # hubert_manager.make_sure_hubert_installed(model_path=model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert"])
     hubert_manager.make_sure_tokenizer_installed(model_path=model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert_tokenizer"])
 
     hubert_model = CustomHubert(checkpoint_path=model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert"]).to(model.device)
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/helpers.py b/TTS/tts/utils/helpers.py
index 56ef2944..c6d1ec2c 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/helpers.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def maximum_path_numpy(value, mask, max_neg_val=None):
     device = value.device
     dtype = value.dtype
     value = value.cpu().detach().numpy()
-    mask = mask.cpu().detach().numpy().astype(np.bool)
+    mask = mask.cpu().detach().numpy().astype(bool)
 
     b, t_x, t_y = value.shape
     direction = np.zeros(value.shape, dtype=np.int64)