diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb92a1a..c9259fd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "boto3==1.35.88",
     "opensearch-py==2.8.0",
     "torch>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-    "transformers==4.45.2",
+    "transformers==4.53.0",
     "python-dotenv==1.0.1",
     "pinecone>=5.0,<6.0.0",
     "pandas>=2.2.3",