diff --git a/docker/inference/requirements.txt b/docker/inference/requirements.txt
index bb03659..29058d8 100644
--- a/docker/inference/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/inference/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 fastapi==0.111.0
 uvicorn==0.30.1
 gunicorn==22.0.0
-transformers==4.53.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 # transformers 4.53.0 requires huggingface-hub >=0.30.0,<1.0
 huggingface_hub==0.30.0
 torch==2.8.0
diff --git a/docker/training/requirements.txt b/docker/training/requirements.txt
index 22b6492..1ec1c6d 100644
--- a/docker/training/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/training/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Training dependencies (extend inference set if needed)
-transformers==4.53.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 # transformers 4.53.0 requires huggingface-hub >=0.30.0,<1.0
 huggingface_hub==0.30.0
 torch==2.8.0