diff --git a/amber/operator-requirements.txt b/amber/operator-requirements.txt
index fd33ef7470c..ef5208e70ac 100644
--- a/amber/operator-requirements.txt
+++ b/amber/operator-requirements.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pillow==10.2.0
 pybase64==1.3.2
 torch==2.8.0
 scikit-learn==1.5.0
+transformers==4.53.0
diff --git a/amber/requirements.txt b/amber/requirements.txt
index ac130b82237..f07124d64c2 100644
--- a/amber/requirements.txt
+++ b/amber/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ python-lsp-server[websockets]==1.12.0
 bidict==0.22.0
 cached_property==1.5.2
 psutil==5.9.0
-transformers==4.53.0
 tzlocal==2.1
 pyiceberg==0.8.1
 readerwriterlock==1.0.9