diff --git a/applications/DeepSpeed-Chat/requirements.txt b/applications/DeepSpeed-Chat/requirements.txt
index 710b40127..41577d625 100644
--- a/applications/DeepSpeed-Chat/requirements.txt
+++ b/applications/DeepSpeed-Chat/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ protobuf==3.20.3
 accelerate>=0.15.0
 torch>=1.12.0
 deepspeed>=0.9.0
-transformers>=4.31.0
+transformers>=4.31.0,!=4.33.2
 tensorboard