diff --git a/data-science-track/04-model-optimisation/lora/requirements.txt b/data-science-track/04-model-optimisation/lora/requirements.txt
index 4ccf2bb..45b2a23 100644
--- a/data-science-track/04-model-optimisation/lora/requirements.txt
+++ b/data-science-track/04-model-optimisation/lora/requirements.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ threadpoolctl==3.6.0
 tokenizers==0.15.2
 torch==2.6.0
 tqdm==4.67.1
-transformers==4.38.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 triton==3.2.0
 typing_extensions==4.13.2
 tzdata==2025.2