diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-IntelNPU.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-IntelNPU.txt
index ebbbc2a76..2ed694248 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-IntelNPU.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-IntelNPU.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ torchmetrics==1.7.0
 # torchvision==0.21.0
 torchvision==0.21.0
 tqdm==4.67.1
-transformers==4.51.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.1
 tzdata==2025.2
diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU-GptqModel.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU-GptqModel.txt
index e6446ce5a..686308364 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU-GptqModel.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU-GptqModel.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ random_word==1.0.13
 safetensors==0.6.2
 threadpoolctl==3.6.0
 tokenicer==0.0.5
-transformers==4.56.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 wheel==0.46.2
diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU.txt
index 41c62e08a..617800e99 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-NvidiaGPU.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ torchmetrics==1.7.1
 # torchvision==0.23.0+cu128
 torchvision==0.23.0+cu128
 tqdm==4.67.1
-transformers==4.51.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.1
 tzdata==2025.2
diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-QNN.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-QNN.txt
index f80c01b23..ab18fd906 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-QNN.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-QNN.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ torchmetrics==1.7.0
 # torchvision==0.22.0
 torchvision==0.22.0
 tqdm==4.67.1
-transformers==4.51.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.1
 tzdata==2025.2
diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR.txt
index eff7a46f1..7650eca6a 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ torchvision==0.22.0
 tornado==6.5.5
 tqdm==4.67.1
 traitlets==5.14.3
-transformers==4.51.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.1
 tzdata==2025.2
diff --git a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR_CUDA.txt b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR_CUDA.txt
index b45110f5e..e8e4afb2c 100644
--- a/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR_CUDA.txt
+++ b/.aitk/requirements/requirements-WCR_CUDA.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ torchvision==0.22.0+cu128
 tornado==6.5.5
 tqdm==4.67.1
 traitlets==5.14.3
-transformers==4.51.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-extensions==4.15.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.1
 tzdata==2025.2