diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4f57f9a8..8d17438b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ torch==2.1.2
 torchvision==0.17.1
 tqdm==4.66.2
 transformer-smaller-training-vocab==0.3.3
-transformers==4.36.1
+transformers==4.40.2
 typing_extensions==4.9.0
 tzdata==2024.1
 urllib3==2.1.0