diff --git a/pylate/models/Dense.py b/pylate/models/Dense.py
index b9f35754..2ae1783b 100644
--- a/pylate/models/Dense.py
+++ b/pylate/models/Dense.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 
 import torch
-from safetensors import safe_open
 from safetensors.torch import load_model as load_safetensors_model
 from sentence_transformers.models import Dense as DenseSentenceTransformer
 from sentence_transformers.util import import_from_string
@@ -114,18 +113,23 @@ def from_stanford_weights(
             # Else download the model/use the cached version
             model_name_or_path = cached_file(
                 model_name_or_path,
-                filename="model.safetensors",
+                filename="pytorch_model.bin",
                 cache_dir=cache_folder,
                 revision=revision,
                 local_files_only=local_files_only,
                 token=token,
                 use_auth_token=use_auth_token,
             )
-        # If the model a local folder, load the safetensor
+        # If the model a local folder, load the PyTorch model
         else:
-            model_name_or_path = os.path.join(model_name_or_path, "model.safetensors")
-        with safe_open(model_name_or_path, framework="pt", device="cpu") as f:
-            state_dict = {"linear.weight": f.get_tensor("linear.weight")}
+            model_name_or_path = os.path.join(model_name_or_path, "pytorch_model.bin")
+
+        # Load the state dict using torch.load instead of safe_open
+        state_dict = {
+            "linear.weight": torch.load(model_name_or_path, map_location="cpu")[
+                "linear.weight"
+            ]
+        }
 
         # Determine input and output dimensions
         in_features = state_dict["linear.weight"].shape[1]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75b2e748..faa934ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 base_packages = [
-    "sentence-transformers == 3.2.0",
+    "sentence-transformers == 3.3.0",
     "datasets >= 2.20.0",
     "accelerate >= 0.31.0",
     "voyager >= 2.0.9",
     "sqlitedict >= 2.1.0",
     "pandas >= 2.2.1",
+    "transformers == 4.46.2",
 ]