diff --git a/src/api/requirements.txt b/src/api/requirements.txt
index fed4939..86bde92 100644
--- a/src/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fastapi==0.116.1
 uvicorn[standard]==0.35.0
-transformers==4.55.2
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 torch==2.8.0+cpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 pydantic==2.11.7
 prometheus_client==0.22.1