diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d897bc6a..b0f16145 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 timm==0.4.12
-transformers==4.15.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 fairscale==0.4.4
 pycocoevalcap
+fonttools>=4.62.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability