diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec12e16c..586e8630 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ openai>=1.13.3,<2.0.0
 # https://github.com/instructlab/instructlab/issues/1389
 tabulate>=0.9.0
 tenacity>=8.3.0,!=8.4.0
+transformers>=4.44.2
 xdg-base-dirs>=6.0.1