diff --git a/pyproject-cpu.toml b/pyproject-cpu.toml
index 7a72006..50348fa 100644
--- a/pyproject-cpu.toml
+++ b/pyproject-cpu.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=14.2.0",
     "torch>=2.12.0",
     "torchvision>=0.27.0",
-    "transformers>=4.57.6",
+    "transformers>=5.12.0",
     "ultralytics>=8.4.66",
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject-intel.toml b/pyproject-intel.toml
index 67b7e66..3cedf81 100644
--- a/pyproject-intel.toml
+++ b/pyproject-intel.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=14.2.0",
     "torch>=2.12.0",
     "torchvision>=0.27.0",
-    "transformers>=4.57.6",
+    "transformers>=5.12.0",
     "ultralytics>=8.4.66",
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject-rocm.toml b/pyproject-rocm.toml
index ab0d46b..289edfd 100644
--- a/pyproject-rocm.toml
+++ b/pyproject-rocm.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=14.2.0",
     "torch>=2.5.0",
     "torchvision>=0.20.0",
-    "transformers>=4.57.6",
+    "transformers>=5.12.0",
     "ultralytics>=8.4.66",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv-cpu.lock b/uv-cpu.lock
index a1dfbc5..567cbc0 100644
--- a/uv-cpu.lock
+++ b/uv-cpu.lock
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "torch", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=2.12.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine != 'x86_64' or sys_platform != 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.27.0" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.27.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" },
-    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=4.57.6" },
+    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=5.12.0" },
     { name = "ultralytics", specifier = ">=8.4.66" },
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv-intel.lock b/uv-intel.lock
index 3758e0f..f2e49e9 100644
--- a/uv-intel.lock
+++ b/uv-intel.lock
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "torch", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=2.12.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine != 'x86_64' or sys_platform != 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.27.0" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.27.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" },
-    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=4.57.6" },
+    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=5.12.0" },
     { name = "ultralytics", specifier = ">=8.4.66" },
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv-rocm.lock b/uv-rocm.lock
index 57b8184..1c33350 100644
--- a/uv-rocm.lock
+++ b/uv-rocm.lock
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "torch", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=2.5.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm6.3" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine != 'x86_64' or sys_platform != 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.20.0" },
     { name = "torchvision", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'", specifier = ">=0.20.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm6.3" },
-    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=4.57.6" },
+    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=5.12.0" },
     { name = "ultralytics", specifier = ">=8.4.66" },
 ]