diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index cc97e043c139..c7530fbee9fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
           apt install -y libpq-dev postgresql-client
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
           python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
           python -m uv pip install -r benchmarks/requirements.txt
       - name: Environment
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror_community_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror_community_pipeline.yml
index 9cf573312b34..72440636acad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror_community_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror_community_pipeline.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install --upgrade huggingface_hub
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
 
       # Check secret is set
       - name: whoami
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_tests.yml
index 479e5503eed2..63303404877b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_tests.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
           pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
           python -m uv pip install pytest-reportlog
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Environment
         run: |
           python utils/print_env.py
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
         python -m uv pip install pytest-reportlog
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
     - name: Environment
       run: python utils/print_env.py
 
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
           pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
           python -m uv pip install pytest-reportlog
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Environment
         run: |
           python utils/print_env.py
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
           python -m uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
           pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
       - name: Environment
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_dependency_test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_dependency_test.yml
index d9350c09ac42..9758fbff4479 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_dependency_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_dependency_test.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip uv
-          python -m uv pip install -e .
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e .
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
           python -m uv pip install pytest
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Check for soft dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_modular_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_modular_tests.yml
index e01345e32524..6ad88630636d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_modular_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_modular_tests.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check quality
         run: make quality
       - name: Check if failure
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check repo consistency
         run: |
           python utils/check_copies.py
@@ -109,9 +111,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
         pip uninstall transformers -y && python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git --no-deps
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_test_fetcher.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_test_fetcher.yml
index b032bb842786..f14a96f49ffc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_test_fetcher.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_test_fetcher.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
     - name: Environment
       run: |
         python utils/print_env.py
@@ -92,7 +94,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
         python -m pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
         python -m pip install accelerate
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
@@ -149,7 +153,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+        python -m pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
         python -m pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
index 34a344528e3e..34f63dcfbdfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check quality
         run: make quality
       - name: Check if failure
@@ -55,11 +56,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check repo consistency
         run: |
           python utils/check_copies.py
@@ -115,9 +117,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
         pip uninstall transformers -y && python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git --no-deps
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
@@ -196,7 +199,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
@@ -250,12 +255,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
         # TODO (sayakpaul, DN6): revisit `--no-deps`
         python -m pip install -U peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git --no-deps
         python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
         python -m uv pip install -U tokenizers
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git --no-deps
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_tests_gpu.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_tests_gpu.yml
index 45294c89fe35..214b994b4e49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_tests_gpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_tests_gpu.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check quality
         run: make quality
       - name: Check if failure
@@ -56,11 +57,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install .[quality]
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
       - name: Check repo consistency
         run: |
           python utils/check_copies.py
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-          python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Environment
         run: |
           python utils/print_env.py
@@ -131,9 +135,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-          python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
           pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
           pip uninstall transformers -y && python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
       - name: Environment
         run: |
@@ -201,10 +206,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
         python -m uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
         pip uninstall transformers -y && python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
@@ -267,7 +273,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
         pip uninstall transformers -y && python -m uv pip install -U transformers@git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git --no-deps
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_torch_dependency_test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_torch_dependency_test.yml
index c39d5eca2d9a..8a95797a3ac0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_torch_dependency_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_torch_dependency_test.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip uv
-          python -m uv pip install -e .
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e .
           python -m uv pip install torch torchvision torchaudio
           python -m uv pip install pytest
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Check for soft dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
index 6896e0145cbb..85812070df91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-          python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Environment
         run: |
           python utils/print_env.py
@@ -76,8 +78,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-          python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
           pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
       - name: Environment
         run: |
           python utils/print_env.py
@@ -127,9 +131,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
         python -m uv pip install peft@git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
         pip uninstall accelerate -y && python -m uv pip install -U accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
@@ -181,7 +186,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
     - name: Environment
       run: |
         python utils/print_env.py
@@ -224,7 +231,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
     - name: Environment
       run: |
         python utils/print_env.py
@@ -265,7 +274,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test,training]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
+        python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tests_fast.yml b/.github/workflows/push_tests_fast.yml
index e274cb021892..d159ddb4b734 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tests_fast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tests_fast.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+        python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e [quality,test]
 
     - name: Environment
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tests_mps.yml b/.github/workflows/push_tests_mps.yml
index eb6c0da22541..04dbad0324e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tests_mps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tests_mps.yml
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ jobs:
       shell: arch -arch arm64 bash {0}
       run: |
         ${CONDA_RUN} python -m pip install --upgrade pip uv
-        ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install -e ".[quality,test]"
+        ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow -e ".[quality,test]"
         ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install torch torchvision torchaudio
         ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install accelerate@git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
         ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install transformers --upgrade
+        ${CONDA_RUN} python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
     - name: Environment
       shell: arch -arch arm64 bash {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yaml
index dc36b6b024c5..8e8a97b5540e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Fetch latest branch
         id: fetch_latest_branch
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -U setuptools wheel twine
           pip install -U torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-          pip install -U transformers
+          pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git # temporary (only for tests)
 
       - name: Build the dist files
         run: python setup.py bdist_wheel && python setup.py sdist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_from_a_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_from_a_pr.yml
index c8eee8dbbc33..8f5093e19920 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_from_a_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_from_a_pr.yml
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
           python -m uv pip install -e [quality,test]
+          python -m uv pip install --prerelease=allow "transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git" # temporary (only for tests)
           python -m uv pip install peft
+          python -m uv pip install compel==0.1.8
 
       - name: Run tests
         env:
-            PY_TEST: ${{ github.event.inputs.test }}
+          PY_TEST: ${{ github.event.inputs.test }}
         run: |
           pytest "$PY_TEST"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ba3ad8e2b307..d26cef936eb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@
 _deps = [
     "Pillow",  # keep the PIL.Image.Resampling deprecation away
     "accelerate>=0.31.0",
-    "compel==0.1.8",
     "datasets",
     "filelock",
     "flax>=0.4.1",
     "hf-doc-builder>=0.3.0",
-    "huggingface-hub>=0.34.0",
+    "httpx",
+    "huggingface-hub==1.0.0.rc1",
     "requests-mock==1.10.0",
     "importlib_metadata",
     "invisible-watermark>=0.2.0",
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     "tiktoken>=0.7.0",
     "torch>=1.4",
     "torchvision",
-    "transformers>=4.41.2",
+    # "transformers>=4.41.2", # tmp for tests
     "urllib3<=2.0.0",
     "black",
     "phonemizer",
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ def run(self):
 extras["docs"] = deps_list("hf-doc-builder")
 extras["training"] = deps_list("accelerate", "datasets", "protobuf", "tensorboard", "Jinja2", "peft")
 extras["test"] = deps_list(
-    "compel",
     "GitPython",
     "datasets",
     "Jinja2",
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ def run(self):
     "scipy",
     "tiktoken",
     "torchvision",
-    "transformers",
+    # "transformers",
     "phonemizer",
 )
 extras["torch"] = deps_list("torch", "accelerate")
@@ -259,6 +258,7 @@ def run(self):
 install_requires = [
     deps["importlib_metadata"],
     deps["filelock"],
+    deps["httpx"],
     deps["huggingface-hub"],
     deps["numpy"],
     deps["regex"],
diff --git a/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py b/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
index 540aab03071d..1c4ee33acbfd 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 from huggingface_hub import DDUFEntry, create_repo, hf_hub_download
 from huggingface_hub.utils import (
     EntryNotFoundError,
+    HfHubHTTPError,
     RepositoryNotFoundError,
     RevisionNotFoundError,
     validate_hf_hub_args,
 )
-from requests import HTTPError
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from . import __version__
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def load_config(
                 raise EnvironmentError(
                     f"{pretrained_model_name_or_path} does not appear to have a file named {cls.config_name}."
                 )
-            except HTTPError as err:
+            except HfHubHTTPError as err:
                 raise EnvironmentError(
                     "There was a specific connection error when trying to load"
                     f" {pretrained_model_name_or_path}:\n{err}"
diff --git a/src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py b/src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py
index 79dc4c50a050..8c59406040e8 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/dependency_versions_table.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 deps = {
     "Pillow": "Pillow",
     "accelerate": "accelerate>=0.31.0",
-    "compel": "compel==0.1.8",
     "datasets": "datasets",
     "filelock": "filelock",
     "flax": "flax>=0.4.1",
     "hf-doc-builder": "hf-doc-builder>=0.3.0",
-    "huggingface-hub": "huggingface-hub>=0.34.0",
+    "httpx": "httpx",
+    "huggingface-hub": "huggingface-hub==1.0.0.rc1",
     "requests-mock": "requests-mock==1.10.0",
     "importlib_metadata": "importlib_metadata",
     "invisible-watermark": "invisible-watermark>=0.2.0",
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     "tiktoken": "tiktoken>=0.7.0",
     "torch": "torch>=1.4",
     "torchvision": "torchvision",
-    "transformers": "transformers>=4.41.2",
     "urllib3": "urllib3<=2.0.0",
     "black": "black",
     "phonemizer": "phonemizer",
diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
index 573828dc4b03..8050afff2767 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 from huggingface_hub import create_repo, hf_hub_download
 from huggingface_hub.utils import (
     EntryNotFoundError,
+    HfHubHTTPError,
     RepositoryNotFoundError,
     RevisionNotFoundError,
     validate_hf_hub_args,
 )
-from requests import HTTPError
 
 from .. import __version__, is_torch_available
 from ..utils import (
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def from_pretrained(
                 raise EnvironmentError(
                     f"{pretrained_model_name_or_path} does not appear to have a file named {FLAX_WEIGHTS_NAME}."
                 )
-            except HTTPError as err:
+            except HfHubHTTPError as err:
                 raise EnvironmentError(
                     f"There was a specific connection error when trying to load {pretrained_model_name_or_path}:\n"
                     f"{err}"
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_loading_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_loading_utils.py
index 388128df0ebd..b7a3e08105ff 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_loading_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_loading_utils.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
+import httpx
 import requests
 import torch
 from huggingface_hub import DDUFEntry, ModelCard, model_info, snapshot_download
-from huggingface_hub.utils import OfflineModeIsEnabled, validate_hf_hub_args
+from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubHTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, validate_hf_hub_args
 from packaging import version
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 from .. import __version__
 from ..utils import (
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ def _download_dduf_file(
     if not local_files_only:
         try:
             info = model_info(pretrained_model_name, token=token, revision=revision)
-        except (HTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, requests.ConnectionError) as e:
+        except (HfHubHTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, requests.ConnectionError, httpx.NetworkError) as e:
             logger.warning(f"Couldn't connect to the Hub: {e}.\nWill try to load from local cache.")
             local_files_only = True
             model_info_call_error = e  # save error to reraise it if model is not cached locally
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index 01b3c56777c8..3f6e53099b38 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union, get_args, get_origin
 
+import httpx
 import numpy as np
 import PIL.Image
 import requests
@@ -36,9 +37,8 @@
     read_dduf_file,
     snapshot_download,
 )
-from huggingface_hub.utils import OfflineModeIsEnabled, validate_hf_hub_args
+from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubHTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, validate_hf_hub_args
 from packaging import version
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ def download(cls, pretrained_model_name, **kwargs) -> Union[str, os.PathLike]:
         if not local_files_only:
             try:
                 info = model_info(pretrained_model_name, token=token, revision=revision)
-            except (HTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, requests.ConnectionError) as e:
+            except (HfHubHTTPError, OfflineModeIsEnabled, requests.ConnectionError, httpx.NetworkError) as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Couldn't connect to the Hub: {e}.\nWill try to load from local cache.")
                 local_files_only = True
                 model_info_call_error = e  # save error to reraise it if model is not cached locally
diff --git a/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py b/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
index fcdf49156a8f..b6e99452aa88 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 from huggingface_hub.file_download import REGEX_COMMIT_HASH
 from huggingface_hub.utils import (
     EntryNotFoundError,
+    HfHubHTTPError,
     RepositoryNotFoundError,
     RevisionNotFoundError,
     is_jinja_available,
     validate_hf_hub_args,
 )
 from packaging import version
-from requests import HTTPError
 
 from .. import __version__
 from .constants import (
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def _get_model_file(
             raise EnvironmentError(
                 f"{pretrained_model_name_or_path} does not appear to have a file named {weights_name}."
             ) from e
-        except HTTPError as e:
+        except HfHubHTTPError as e:
             raise EnvironmentError(
                 f"There was a specific connection error when trying to load {pretrained_model_name_or_path}:\n{e}"
             ) from e
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def _get_checkpoint_shard_files(
 
     # We have already dealt with RepositoryNotFoundError and RevisionNotFoundError when getting the index, so
     # we don't have to catch them here. We have also dealt with EntryNotFoundError.
-    except HTTPError as e:
+    except HfHubHTTPError as e:
         raise EnvironmentError(
             f"We couldn't connect to '{HUGGINGFACE_CO_RESOLVE_ENDPOINT}' to load {pretrained_model_name_or_path}. You should try"
             " again after checking your internet connection."
diff --git a/tests/models/test_modeling_common.py b/tests/models/test_modeling_common.py
index 5e7be62342c3..3a008edfe1c2 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_modeling_common.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_modeling_common.py
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
 import torch.nn as nn
 from accelerate.utils.modeling import _get_proper_dtype, compute_module_sizes, dtype_byte_size
 from huggingface_hub import ModelCard, delete_repo, snapshot_download, try_to_load_from_cache
-from huggingface_hub.utils import is_jinja_available
+from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubHTTPError, is_jinja_available
 from parameterized import parameterized
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 from diffusers.models import FluxTransformer2DModel, SD3Transformer2DModel, UNet2DConditionModel
 from diffusers.models.attention_processor import (
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ def test_cached_files_are_used_when_no_internet(self):
         response_mock = mock.Mock()
         response_mock.status_code = 500
         response_mock.headers = {}
-        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HTTPError
+        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HfHubHTTPError("Server down", response=mock.Mock())
         response_mock.json.return_value = {}
 
         # Download this model to make sure it's in the cache.
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ def test_local_files_only_with_sharded_checkpoint(self):
         error_response = mock.Mock(
             status_code=500,
             headers={},
-            raise_for_status=mock.Mock(side_effect=HTTPError),
+            raise_for_status=mock.Mock(side_effect=HfHubHTTPError("Server down", response=mock.Mock())),
             json=mock.Mock(return_value={}),
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/pipelines/test_pipelines.py b/tests/pipelines/test_pipelines.py
index 09df140f1af8..3a6981361268 100644
--- a/tests/pipelines/test_pipelines.py
+++ b/tests/pipelines/test_pipelines.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubHTTPError
 from parameterized import parameterized
 from PIL import Image
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 from transformers import CLIPImageProcessor, CLIPModel, CLIPTextConfig, CLIPTextModel, CLIPTokenizer
 
 from diffusers import (
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ def test_cached_files_are_used_when_no_internet(self):
         response_mock = mock.Mock()
         response_mock.status_code = 500
         response_mock.headers = {}
-        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HTTPError
+        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HfHubHTTPError("Server down", response=mock.Mock())
         response_mock.json.return_value = {}
 
         # Download this model to make sure it's in the cache.
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def test_local_files_only_are_used_when_no_internet(self):
         response_mock = mock.Mock()
         response_mock.status_code = 500
         response_mock.headers = {}
-        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HTTPError
+        response_mock.raise_for_status.side_effect = HfHubHTTPError("Server down", response=mock.Mock())
         response_mock.json.return_value = {}
 
         # first check that with local files only the pipeline can only be used if cached