diff --git a/examples/solver_judge/solver_judge_flow_colab.ipynb b/examples/solver_judge/solver_judge_flow_colab.ipynb
index 3f3643bd1..76e44220c 100644
--- a/examples/solver_judge/solver_judge_flow_colab.ipynb
+++ b/examples/solver_judge/solver_judge_flow_colab.ipynb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "!pip install \"transformers[hf_xet]>=4.51.0\" accelerate datasets peft hf-transfer \\\n",
+    "!pip install \"transformers[hf_xet]>=4.57.0\" accelerate datasets peft hf-transfer \\\n",
     "    \"numpy<2.0.0\" \"pyarrow>=15.0.0\" pandas \\\n",
     "    ray[default] codetiming hydra-core pylatexenc qwen-vl-utils wandb dill pybind11 liger-kernel mathruler \\\n",
     "    pytest py-spy pyext pre-commit ruff tensorboard\n",
diff --git a/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer.py b/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer.py
index bcd6eecd5..859168ccf 100644
--- a/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer.py
+++ b/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer.py
@@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         config,
         tokenizer,
-        role_worker_mapping: dict[Role, WorkerType],
-        resource_pool_manager: ResourcePoolManager,
+        processor=None,
+        role_worker_mapping: dict[Role, WorkerType] = None,
+        resource_pool_manager: ResourcePoolManager = None,
         ray_worker_group_cls: RayWorkerGroup = RayWorkerGroup,
         reward_fn=None,
         val_reward_fn=None,
         workflow_class=None,
         workflow_args=None,
     ):
-        super().__init__(config=config, tokenizer=tokenizer, role_worker_mapping=role_worker_mapping, resource_pool_manager=resource_pool_manager, ray_worker_group_cls=ray_worker_group_cls, reward_fn=reward_fn, val_reward_fn=val_reward_fn)
+        super().__init__(config=config, tokenizer=tokenizer, processor=processor, role_worker_mapping=role_worker_mapping, resource_pool_manager=resource_pool_manager, ray_worker_group_cls=ray_worker_group_cls, reward_fn=reward_fn, val_reward_fn=val_reward_fn)
 
         self.workflow_class = workflow_class
         self.workflow_args = workflow_args or {}
diff --git a/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer_fireworks.py b/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer_fireworks.py
index 239348e7e..e296f0276 100644
--- a/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer_fireworks.py
+++ b/rllm/trainer/verl/agent_workflow_trainer_fireworks.py
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         config,
         tokenizer,
-        role_worker_mapping: dict[Role, WorkerType],
-        resource_pool_manager: ResourcePoolManager,
+        processor=None,
+        role_worker_mapping: dict[Role, WorkerType] = None,
+        resource_pool_manager: ResourcePoolManager = None,
         ray_worker_group_cls: RayWorkerGroup = RayWorkerGroup,
         reward_fn=None,
         val_reward_fn=None,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(
             config=config,
             tokenizer=tokenizer,
+            processor=processor,
             role_worker_mapping=role_worker_mapping,
             resource_pool_manager=resource_pool_manager,
             ray_worker_group_cls=ray_worker_group_cls,
diff --git a/rllm/trainer/verl/train_workflow_pipeline.py b/rllm/trainer/verl/train_workflow_pipeline.py
index 4c522a3f8..e1ba93a80 100644
--- a/rllm/trainer/verl/train_workflow_pipeline.py
+++ b/rllm/trainer/verl/train_workflow_pipeline.py
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ def run(self, config, workflow_class=None, workflow_args=None):
         local_path = copy_to_local(config.actor_rollout_ref.model.path, use_shm=config.actor_rollout_ref.model.get("use_shm", False))
 
         # Instantiate the tokenizer and processor.
-        from verl.utils import hf_tokenizer
+        from verl.utils import hf_processor, hf_tokenizer
 
         trust_remote_code = config.data.get("trust_remote_code", False)
         tokenizer = hf_tokenizer(local_path, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code)
         # Used for multimodal LLM, could be None
-        # processor = hf_processor(local_path, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code, use_fast=True)
+        processor = hf_processor(local_path, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code, use_fast=True)
 
         # Define worker classes based on the actor strategy.
         if config.actor_rollout_ref.actor.strategy in {"fsdp", "fsdp2"}:
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ def run(self, config, workflow_class=None, workflow_args=None):
         trainer = FireworksAgentWorkflowPPOTrainer(
             config=config,
             tokenizer=tokenizer,
+            processor=processor,
             role_worker_mapping=role_worker_mapping,
             resource_pool_manager=resource_pool_manager,
             ray_worker_group_cls=ray_worker_group_cls,
diff --git a/scripts/install_verl.sh b/scripts/install_verl.sh
index 2dfcda415..d3239ee16 100644
--- a/scripts/install_verl.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_verl.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pip install --no-cache-dir "vllm==0.8.5.post1" "torch==2.6.0" "torchvision==0.21
 
 
 echo "2. install basic packages"
-pip install "transformers[hf_xet]>=4.51.0" accelerate datasets peft hf-transfer \
+pip install "transformers[hf_xet]>=4.57.0" accelerate datasets peft hf-transfer \
     "numpy<2.0.0" "pyarrow>=19.0.1" pandas \
     "ray[default]" codetiming hydra-core pylatexenc qwen-vl-utils wandb dill pybind11 liger-kernel mathruler blobfile xgrammar \
     pytest py-spy pyext pre-commit ruff
diff --git a/verl b/verl
index 8fdc4d3f2..7df2afb93 160000
--- a/verl
+++ b/verl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8fdc4d3f202f41461f4de9f42a637228e342668b
+Subproject commit 7df2afb936cd37b7b3a262edc119b2a57f070e3b