diff --git a/llama4guard_vllm_requirements.txt b/llama4guard_vllm_requirements.txt
index 436d96c..4907aa3 100644
--- a/llama4guard_vllm_requirements.txt
+++ b/llama4guard_vllm_requirements.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ torchaudio==2.9.1
 torchvision==0.24.1
 tqdm==4.67.1
 traitlets==5.14.3
-transformers==4.57.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 triton==3.5.1
 typepy==1.3.4
 typer==0.21.1