diff --git a/hf-requirements.txt b/hf-requirements.txt
index 7891906cb..71ef8c0d3 100644
--- a/hf-requirements.txt
+++ b/hf-requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 numpy<2.0,>=1.17 # Needed by transformers
-transformers==4.40.2
+transformers==5.0.0rc3