diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
index 3aec441335..18ea6f9a86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           pip install -v -e .
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Run e2e test for V1 Engine
         env:
@@ -345,9 +345,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           pip install -v -e .
-
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Run vllm-project/vllm-ascend test for V1 Engine
         env:
           VLLM_USE_V1: 1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6cb55d1f2..d376270fd9 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==4.52.4",
+    "transformers>=4.52.4,<4.53.1",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2a1c6ff20..27957ded7d 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==4.52.4
+transformers>=4.52.4,<4.53.1