diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ff9ea1ac0..5cc6971df6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "torchvision>=0.14.1",
   "torchmetrics==0.11.4",
   "torchsde==0.2.5",
-  "transformers==4.30.2",
+  "transformers~=4.31.0",
   "uvicorn[standard]==0.21.1",
   "windows-curses; sys_platform=='win32'",
 ]