diff --git a/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements-al2023.txt b/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements-al2023.txt
index 3717e3b..fe8a5c0 100644
--- a/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements-al2023.txt
+++ b/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements-al2023.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ neuronx-cc==2.23.6484.0
 torch-neuronx==2.8.0.2.12.22436
 neuronx-distributed-inference==0.8.16251
 neuronx-distributed==0.17.26814
-transformers==4.57.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
diff --git a/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements.txt b/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements.txt
index 6a6e7d0..8e91baf 100644
--- a/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements.txt
+++ b/skills/neuron-framework-autoport/scripts/envSetup/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 --extra-index-url https://pip.repos.neuron.amazonaws.com
 neuronx-distributed-inference==0.8.16251
 neuronx-distributed==0.17.26814
-transformers==4.57.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3