diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2080e1d..261ffd2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ tokenizers==0.13.2
 torch==1.13.1
 torchaudio==0.13.1
 tqdm==4.64.1
-transformers==4.26.1
+transformers==4.50.0
 typing_extensions==4.5.0
 urllib3==1.26.14
 Werkzeug==2.2.3
 zipp==3.14.0
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability