diff --git a/examples/arm/image_classification_example_ethos_u/requirements.txt b/examples/arm/image_classification_example_ethos_u/requirements.txt
index 8b4c8e5d4e4..fb956c800be 100644
--- a/examples/arm/image_classification_example_ethos_u/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/arm/image_classification_example_ethos_u/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 evaluate == 0.4.6
-transformers[torch] == 4.56.1
+transformers[torch] == 5.0.0rc3
 tqdm == 4.67.1