diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c3f9a8..310f63a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         'bokeh==2.4.3',
         'pyarrow>=4.0.1',
         'mpi4py==3.1.3',
-        'transformers==4.16.2',
+        'transformers==4.36.0',
         'wikiextractor==3.0.6',
         'news-please @ git+https://github.com/fhamborg/news-please.git@3b7d9fdfeb148ef73f393bb2f2557e6bd878a09f',
         'cchardet==2.1.7',