diff --git a/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt b/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
index b980279b9..5bf3dc409 100644
--- a/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
+++ b/skills/vertex-tuning/open-model/references/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 google-cloud-aiplatform==1.138.0
 numpy==2.5.2
 pandas==3.0.1
-datasets==2.18.0
+datasets==5.0.1
 smart_open[gcs]==7.5.1
diff --git a/skills/vertex-tuning/references/requirements.txt b/skills/vertex-tuning/references/requirements.txt
index 1f7f98b22..908375957 100644
--- a/skills/vertex-tuning/references/requirements.txt
+++ b/skills/vertex-tuning/references/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 google-cloud-aiplatform==1.138.0
 numpy==2.5.2
 pandas==3.0.1
-datasets==2.18.0
+datasets==5.0.1