diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de16da740e5b24b1059af57513d620cd3d473397..0741d3b2b9df840a9a74f95eb0ba193f054fa5f2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup(
         'numpy',
         'scikit-learn==0.24.2',
         'torch==1.9.0',
-        'transformers==4.9.2',
+        'transformers==3.0.2',
         'tqdm==4.58.0',
         'tensorflow==2.6.0',
         'spacy==3.1.1',