diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e350cd124..a9f6a1455a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
 requirements = [
     'h5py',
     'pyarrow',
-    'transformers==4.36.0',
+    'transformers==4.48.0',
     'pandas',
     'scikit-learn',
     'ogb==1.3.6',