diff --git a/stanza/models/coref/model.py b/stanza/models/coref/model.py
index 59721dab41..70a4460f6a 100644
--- a/stanza/models/coref/model.py
+++ b/stanza/models/coref/model.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def load_weights(self,
                 elif key.endswith("_scheduler"):
                     self.schedulers[key].load_state_dict(state_dict)
                 else:
-                    self.trainable[key].load_state_dict(state_dict)
+                    self.trainable[key].load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)
                 print(f"Loaded {key}")
 
     def run(self,  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals