diff --git a/docs/req.txt b/docs/req.txt
index f8fbb52b..6c3cd36a 100644
--- a/docs/req.txt
+++ b/docs/req.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ torchsummary==1.5.1
 tornado==6.3.2
 tqdm==4.65.0
 traitlets==5.9.0
-transformers==4.31.0
+transformers==4.36.0
 triton==2.0.0
 typing_extensions==4.6.3
 tzdata==2023.3
diff --git a/docs/requirements_versions.txt b/docs/requirements_versions.txt
index c4ac33f4..f8d06bb8 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ lifelines==0.27.7 # used for concordance index calc
 # model building
 torch==2.0.1
 torch-geometric==2.3.1
-transformers==4.31.0 # huggingface needed for esm
+transformers==4.36.0 # huggingface needed for esm
 
 # optional:
 torchsummary==1.5.1