diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28c096b..14f3ec4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 dependencies = [
     "torch~=2.1",         # package was tested on 2.2
-    "transformers~=4.31",
+    "transformers~=4.31,<4.41",
     "accelerate",
 ]