diff --git a/blogs/2403-semantic-search-with-max-engine/requirements.txt b/blogs/2403-semantic-search-with-max-engine/requirements.txt
index 0d41ad9..a3ec2b1 100644
--- a/blogs/2403-semantic-search-with-max-engine/requirements.txt
+++ b/blogs/2403-semantic-search-with-max-engine/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ numpy==1.24.3
 pandas==2.2.1
 scikit-learn==1.5.0
 torch==2.2.1
-transformers==4.53.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 chromadb==0.4.24
 onnx==1.17.0
 onnxruntime==1.17.1