diff --git a/engines/python/setup/djl_python/huggingface.py b/engines/python/setup/djl_python/huggingface.py
index ebccb05ad..a19b5619b 100644
--- a/engines/python/setup/djl_python/huggingface.py
+++ b/engines/python/setup/djl_python/huggingface.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def _init_tokenizer(self, model_id_or_path: str):
         path_to_use = model_id_or_path if self.peft_config is None else self.peft_config.base_model_name_or_path
         self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
             path_to_use,
-            padding_size="left",
+            padding_side="left",
             trust_remote_code=self.hf_configs.trust_remote_code,
             revision=self.hf_configs.revision,
         )
diff --git a/serving/docker/partition/utils.py b/serving/docker/partition/utils.py
index a8798dfc2..802523085 100644
--- a/serving/docker/partition/utils.py
+++ b/serving/docker/partition/utils.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def remove_option_from_properties(properties: dict):
 def init_hf_tokenizer(model_id_or_path: str, hf_configs):
     tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
         model_id_or_path,
-        padding_size="left",
+        padding_side="left",
         trust_remote_code=hf_configs.trust_remote_code,
         revision=hf_configs.revision,
     )