diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d8e698b1d..b508b43a8d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ _deps = [
     "tensorboard",
     "torch>=1.4",
     "torchvision",
-    "transformers>=4.25.1",
+    "transformers>=4.41.2",
     "urllib3<=2.0.0",
     "black",
 ]