diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_ascend.yml
index 79696f11665..9435b8c6c26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_ascend.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps --no-build-isolation -e .
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_fully_async_policy_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_fully_async_policy_ascend.yml
index b028286c0ee..5d36d4c66b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_fully_async_policy_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_fully_async_policy_ascend.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           npu-smi info
       - name: Check initial pip list from image
         run: |
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
           pip list
       - name: Checkout verl-project/verl repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           npu-smi info
       - name: Check initial pip list from image
         run: |
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
           pip list
       - name: Checkout verl-project/verl repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm_2_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm_2_ascend.yml
index 878f087651c..11fa7e1940b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm_2_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm_2_ascend.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .
           pip install trl==0.26.0
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_veomni_vllm_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_veomni_vllm_ascend.yml
index 917649d4bc2..9b106806881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_veomni_vllm_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_veomni_vllm_ascend.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements-npu.txt
           pip install --no-deps -e .
           pip install veomni==0.1.9a5 --ignore-requires-python --no-deps --index-url https://pypi.org/simple/
-          pip install transformers==4.57.3
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_sft_llm_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_sft_llm_ascend.yml
index b9d2e65465e..b0bb719225f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_sft_llm_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_sft_llm_ascend.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install pandas==2.3.3
           pip uninstall -y mbridge
           pip install git+https://github.com/ISEEKYAN/mbridge.git@89eb10
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/model_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/model_ascend.yml
index f797cca5c94..ffac18b2b20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/model_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/model_ascend.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npu_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/npu_unit_tests.yml
index 8c9f13669f5..1396dff2963 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npu_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npu_unit_tests.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .[test]
           pip install mlflow pytest-asyncio
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reward_model_vllm_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/reward_model_vllm_ascend.yml
index 60507dddf3a..084dc7c13e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reward_model_vllm_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reward_model_vllm_ascend.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend.yml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend.yml
index 50ad7745d87..bb3e925b4ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
           pip3 install pytest-asyncio
+          pip install --upgrade transformers
       - name: Check final pip list
         run: |
           pip list