diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/package.json b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/package.json
index 35d514b79..cdf87a66a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/package.json
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "*",
+    "@types/lodash": "*",
     "@superset-ui/chart-controls": "*",
     "@superset-ui/core": "*",
     "react": "^16.13.1"
diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/src/chart/WordCloud.tsx b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/src/chart/WordCloud.tsx
index 61f3e7977..2cedd648a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/src/chart/WordCloud.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-word-cloud/src/chart/WordCloud.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   seed,
   CategoricalColorScale,
 } from '@superset-ui/core';
+import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
 
 const seedRandom = seed('superset-ui');
 export const ROTATION = {
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ class WordCloud extends React.PureComponent<
     const { data, encoding, width, height, rotation } = this.props;
 
     if (
-      prevProps.data !== data ||
-      prevProps.encoding !== encoding ||
+      !isEqual(prevProps.data, data) ||
+      !isEqual(prevProps.encoding, encoding) ||
       prevProps.width !== width ||
       prevProps.height !== height ||
       prevProps.rotation !== rotation