diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aebad2c..d6cb55d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ requires = [
     "quart",
     "numba",
     # Remove after https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/issues/1470
-    "transformers<4.53.0",
+    "transformers==4.52.4",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6d84ec6..f2a1c6f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ numba
 torch-npu==2.5.1.post1.dev20250619
 
 # Remove after https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/issues/1470
-transformers<4.53.0
+transformers==4.52.4