diff --git a/examples/orpheus-transformers/training/requirements.txt b/examples/orpheus-transformers/training/requirements.txt
index 1d76a06..03a0227 100644
--- a/examples/orpheus-transformers/training/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/orpheus-transformers/training/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 accelerate==1.10.0
 # torch==2.8.0
 torchaudio==2.8.0
-transformers==4.55.2
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 unsloth==2025.8.7
 unsloth_zoo==2025.8.6
 snac==1.2.1