diff --git a/tools/perf/requirements.txt b/tools/perf/requirements.txt
index b578818cbe..fcded2ded3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ argparse
 pyyaml
 onnx
 pandas
-transformers==4.53.0
+transformers==5.0.0rc3
 diffusers==0.34.0
 timm==0.9.8
 monai==1.5.1