diff --git a/python/requirements/requirements_tune.txt b/python/requirements/requirements_tune.txt
index 753e7532f417..938dc223363c 100644
--- a/python/requirements/requirements_tune.txt
+++ b/python/requirements/requirements_tune.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ torch==1.7.0+cpu;sys_platform!="darwin"
 torchvision==0.8.1+cpu;sys_platform!="darwin"
 
 
-transformers==3.1
+transformers==4.2.0
 tune-sklearn==0.2.1
 wandb==0.10.12
 xgboost==1.3.0.post0