diff --git a/examples/resnet/requirements.txt b/examples/resnet/requirements.txt
index 72eea68af8..4cd78f51e0 100644
--- a/examples/resnet/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/resnet/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pillow==12.1.1
 torch==2.8.0
-transformers==4.52.3
+transformers==5.0.0rc3