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@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ For each supported backend, follow the respective instructions below:
 
 ### Pre-requisites[[multi-backend-pre-requisites]]
 
+To use bitsandbytes non-CUDA backends, be sure to install:
+
+```
+pip install "transformers>=4.45.1"
+```
+
 <hfoptions id="backend">
 <hfoption id="AMD ROCm">