diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/version.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/version.py
index ad48fd42b66..a095fb28d33 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/version.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """langchain-core version information and utilities."""
 
-VERSION = "0.3.60"
+VERSION = "0.3.61"
diff --git a/libs/core/pyproject.toml b/libs/core/pyproject.toml
index 8f243bb1178..e861d1802cd 100644
--- a/libs/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic>=2.7.4",
 ]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.3.60"
+version = "0.3.61"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 readme = "README.md"
 
diff --git a/libs/core/uv.lock b/libs/core/uv.lock
index c3f87a719a7..756d911fc1d 100644
--- a/libs/core/uv.lock
+++ b/libs/core/uv.lock
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.3.60"
+version = "0.3.61"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "jsonpatch" },
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ test-integration = [
     { name = "sentence-transformers", marker = "python_full_version < '3.13'", specifier = ">=2.6.0" },
     { name = "spacy", marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'", specifier = ">=3.0.0,<3.8.4" },
     { name = "spacy", marker = "python_full_version < '3.13'", specifier = ">=3.0.0,<4.0.0" },
-    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=4.47.0,<5.0.0" },
+    { name = "transformers", specifier = ">=4.51.3,<5.0.0" },
 ]
 typing = [
     { name = "lxml-stubs", specifier = ">=0.5.1,<1.0.0" },