diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index d2d356a3..adb4abe3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RUN if [ "$IMAGE_TYPE" = "gpu" ]; then \
     cd / && rm -fr /tmp/apex && pip cache purge; \
     pip install --no-cache-dir "megatron-core==0.16.*" -U; \
 elif [ "$IMAGE_TYPE" = "cpu" ]; then \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir huggingface-hub transformers peft diffusers -U; \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir huggingface-hub "transformers<5.9" peft diffusers -U; \
 else \
     pip install "transformers<5.0" "tokenizers<0.22" "trl<0.23" "diffusers<0.35" --no-dependencies; \
 fi