diff --git a/nodes/filters/AQ_filters.py b/nodes/filters/AQ_filters.py
index 17f9dbe..f71ef21 100755
--- a/nodes/filters/AQ_filters.py
+++ b/nodes/filters/AQ_filters.py
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ class AQ_ColorMatchImage:
         return (t,)
 # guided filter a tensor image batch in format [B x H x W x C] on H/W (spatial, per-image, per-channel)
 def guided_filter_tensor(ref, images, d, s):
-    try:
-        from cv2.ximgproc import guidedFilter
-    except ImportError:
-        print("\033[33mUnable to import guidedFilter, make sure you have only opencv-contrib-python or run the import_error_install.bat script\033[m")
+    from cv2.ximgproc import guidedFilter
 
     if d > 100:
         np_img = (
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d9f25a..4238ec0 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+transformers>=4.51.3
 huggingface_hub
 accelerate
 insightface 
@@ -5,11 +6,11 @@ onnxruntime-gpu
 facexlib
 segment-anything 
 dill
-pillow-avif
+pillow-avif-plugin
 qwen-vl-utils 
 qwen-vl-utils[decord]
 
 # for gemini nodes
 google-generativeai>=0.3.2
 google-genai
-requests>=2.31.0
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+requests>=2.31.0