diff --git a/spaces/demo/requirements.txt b/spaces/demo/requirements.txt
index 15434fdad..ffd1fb322 100644
--- a/spaces/demo/requirements.txt
+++ b/spaces/demo/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-transformers==4.28.1
+transformers==4.50.0
 torch==2.0.0
 accelerate==0.18.0
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability