diff --git a/genai/image/stable_diffusion/src/requirements.txt b/genai/image/stable_diffusion/src/requirements.txt
index f1967d9..2f8d6c7 100644
--- a/genai/image/stable_diffusion/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/image/stable_diffusion/src/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 fastapi==0.109.1
 uvicorn==0.23.2
 diffusers==0.27.2
-transformers==4.39.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 torch==2.2.1
 accelerate==0.28.0
 pydantic==2.6.4