diff --git a/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements-minimal.txt b/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements-minimal.txt
index cd2d843..c1715b7 100644
--- a/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements-minimal.txt
+++ b/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements-minimal.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Essential dependencies for mBERT training
 torch>=2.0.0
-transformers>=4.50.0
+transformers>=5.0.0rc3
 scikit-learn>=1.5.0
 pandas>=2.0.0
 chardet>=5.0.0
diff --git a/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements.txt b/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements.txt
index fc77dab..31084c6 100644
--- a/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/mBERT/training/model-training/requirements.txt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ tomlkit==0.11.6
 torch==2.8.0
 tqdm==4.66.3
 traitlets==5.9.0
-transformers==4.53.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 peft==0.7.1
 translate==3.6.1
 typeguard==2.13.3