diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index a0663d631..55d11350a 100755
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "torchvision",
   "torchao==0.9.0",
   "tqdm",
-  "transformers==4.57.1",
+  "transformers==5.0.0rc0",
   "uvicorn",
   "uvloop",
   "xgrammar==0.1.27",
diff --git a/python/pyproject_cpu.toml b/python/pyproject_cpu.toml
index eb0fe75c5..10c40cc9e 100644
--- a/python/pyproject_cpu.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_cpu.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "timm==1.0.16",
   "torchao==0.9.0",
   "tqdm",
-  "transformers==4.57.1",
+  "transformers==5.0.0rc0",
   "uvicorn",
   "uvloop",
   "xgrammar==0.1.27",
diff --git a/python/pyproject_other.toml b/python/pyproject_other.toml
index 3e854caa7..ae1622363 100755
--- a/python/pyproject_other.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_other.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ runtime_common = [
   "timm==1.0.16",
   "torchao==0.9.0",
   "tqdm",
-  "transformers==4.57.1",
+  "transformers==5.0.0rc0",
   "uvicorn",
   "uvloop",
   "xgrammar==0.1.27",
diff --git a/python/pyproject_xpu.toml b/python/pyproject_xpu.toml
index a058e6f48..3d7dc969a 100644
--- a/python/pyproject_xpu.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_xpu.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "timm==1.0.16",
   "torchao==0.9.0",
   "tqdm",
-  "transformers==4.57.1",
+  "transformers==5.0.0rc0",
   "uvicorn",
   "uvloop",
   # "xgrammar==0.1.24", , xgrammar depends on CUDA PyTorch and Triton only