diff --git a/Gemfile.devel b/Gemfile.devel
index 4d0eb15..e3a37c0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.devel
+++ b/Gemfile.devel
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gem "isodoc", git: "https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc", branch: "fix/recursive-prefix-container"
+gem "isodoc", git: "https://github.com/metanorma/isodoc", branch: "fix/i18n-yaml-inheritance"
diff --git a/lib/isodoc/ieee/i18n.rb b/lib/isodoc/ieee/i18n.rb
index ad438fd..e5ab63a 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/ieee/i18n.rb
+++ b/lib/isodoc/ieee/i18n.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 module IsoDoc
   module IEEE
     class I18n < IsoDoc::I18n
-      def load_yaml2x(str)
-        ::YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),
-                                   "i18n-#{str}.yaml"))
+      def load_file(fname)
+        f = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), fname)
+        File.exist?(f) ? YAML.load_file(f) : {}
       end
 
       def load_yaml1(lang, script)
-        y = case lang
-            when "en"
-              load_yaml2x(lang)
-            else load_yaml2x("en")
-            end
-        super.deep_merge(y)
+        y = load_file("i18n-#{yaml_lang(lang, script)}.yaml")
+        y.empty? ? load_file("i18n-en.yaml").merge(super) : super.deep_merge(y)
       end
     end
   end