diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e9228e..d83375c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 newsroom @ git+https://github.com/lil-lab/newsroom.git#egg=newsroom
 torch==1.5.0
-transformers==2.9.0
+transformers==4.30.0
 numpy>=1.17