diff --git a/deepface/DeepFace.py b/deepface/DeepFace.py
index e9f6d9d21..c8920d80e 100644
--- a/deepface/DeepFace.py
+++ b/deepface/DeepFace.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Union, Optional
 
+# this has to be set before importing tensorflow
+os.environ["TF_USE_LEGACY_KERAS"] = "1"
+
+# pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+
 # 3rd party dependencies
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -28,6 +33,9 @@
 # -----------------------------------
 # configurations for dependencies
 
+# users should install tf_keras package if they are using tf 2.16 or later versions
+package_utils.validate_for_keras3()
+
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 os.environ["TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL"] = "3"
 tf_version = package_utils.get_tf_major_version()
diff --git a/deepface/basemodels/FbDeepFace.py b/deepface/basemodels/FbDeepFace.py
index 278f5cce9..5e41c7d2d 100644
--- a/deepface/basemodels/FbDeepFace.py
+++ b/deepface/basemodels/FbDeepFace.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         Flatten,
         Dense,
         Dropout,
+        LocallyConnected2D,
     )
 else:
     from tensorflow.keras.models import Model, Sequential
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
         Flatten,
         Dense,
         Dropout,
+        LocallyConnected2D,
     )
 
 
@@ -43,14 +45,6 @@ class DeepFaceClient(FacialRecognition):
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        # DeepFace requires tf 2.12 or less
-        if tf_major == 2 and tf_minor > 12:
-            # Ref: https://github.com/serengil/deepface/pull/1079
-            raise ValueError(
-                "DeepFace model requires LocallyConnected2D but it is no longer supported"
-                f" after tf 2.12 but you have {tf_major}.{tf_minor}. You need to downgrade your tf."
-            )
-
         self.model = load_model()
         self.model_name = "DeepFace"
         self.input_shape = (152, 152)
@@ -75,13 +69,6 @@ def load_model(
     """
     Construct DeepFace model, download its weights and load
     """
-    # we have some checks for this dependency in the init of client
-    # putting this in global causes library initialization
-    if tf_major == 1:
-        from keras.layers import LocallyConnected2D
-    else:
-        from tensorflow.keras.layers import LocallyConnected2D
-
     base_model = Sequential()
     base_model.add(
         Convolution2D(32, (11, 11), activation="relu", name="C1", input_shape=(152, 152, 3))
diff --git a/deepface/commons/package_utils.py b/deepface/commons/package_utils.py
index 20fa35e1b..1620732f9 100644
--- a/deepface/commons/package_utils.py
+++ b/deepface/commons/package_utils.py
@@ -50,3 +50,24 @@ def find_hash_of_file(file_path: str) -> str:
     hasher = hashlib.sha1()
     hasher.update(properties.encode("utf-8"))
     return hasher.hexdigest()
+
+
+def validate_for_keras3():
+    tf_major = get_tf_major_version()
+    tf_minor = get_tf_minor_version()
+
+    # tf_keras is a must dependency after tf 2.16
+    if tf_major == 1 or (tf_major == 2 and tf_minor < 16):
+        return
+
+    try:
+        import tf_keras
+
+        logger.debug(f"tf_keras is already available - {tf_keras.__version__}")
+    except ImportError as err:
+        # you may consider to install that package here
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"You have tensorflow {tf.__version__} and this requires "
+            "tf-keras package. Please run `pip install tf-keras` "
+            "or downgrade your tensorflow."
+        ) from err
diff --git a/deepface/detectors/OpenCv.py b/deepface/detectors/OpenCv.py
index cf0e8d7ff..93d2492e1 100644
--- a/deepface/detectors/OpenCv.py
+++ b/deepface/detectors/OpenCv.py
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ def detect_faces(self, img: np.ndarray) -> List[FacialAreaRegion]:
             for (x, y, w, h), confidence in zip(faces, scores):
                 detected_face = img[int(y) : int(y + h), int(x) : int(x + w)]
                 left_eye, right_eye = self.find_eyes(img=detected_face)
+
+                # eyes found in the detected face instead image itself
+                # detected face's coordinates should be added
+                if left_eye is not None:
+                    left_eye = (int(x + left_eye[0]), int(y + left_eye[1]))
+                if right_eye is not None:
+                    right_eye = (int(x + right_eye[0]), int(y + right_eye[1]))
+
                 facial_area = FacialAreaRegion(
                     x=x,
                     y=y,
diff --git a/deepface/detectors/Ssd.py b/deepface/detectors/Ssd.py
index f21d44ca1..ae0a81921 100644
--- a/deepface/detectors/Ssd.py
+++ b/deepface/detectors/Ssd.py
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ def detect_faces(self, img: np.ndarray) -> List[FacialAreaRegion]:
 
                 left_eye, right_eye = opencv_module.find_eyes(detected_face)
 
+                # eyes found in the detected face instead image itself
+                # detected face's coordinates should be added
+                if left_eye is not None:
+                    left_eye = (int(x + left_eye[0]), int(y + left_eye[1]))
+                if right_eye is not None:
+                    right_eye = (int(x + right_eye[0]), int(y + right_eye[1]))
+
                 facial_area = FacialAreaRegion(
                     x=x,
                     y=y,