diff --git a/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/base_image_requirements.txt
index c72558f8acd9..e4b25031bc27 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ threadpoolctl==3.6.0
 tokenizers==0.21.4
 torch==2.8.0+cpu
 tqdm==4.67.3
-transformers==4.55.4
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 typing-inspection==0.4.2
 typing_extensions==4.15.0
 tzdata==2025.3
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/gpu_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/gpu_image_requirements.txt
index 632ba689e3ee..16e5dc586653 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/gpu_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/ml/py312/gpu_image_requirements.txt
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ torch==2.7.1
 torchaudio==2.7.1
 torchvision==0.22.1
 tqdm==4.67.3
-transformers==4.55.4
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 triton==3.3.1
 typer==0.24.1
 typing-inspection==0.4.2