Tracing tests failing with latest transformers>4.52.0

[brian-dellabetta]

Describe the bug
transformers tests are failing with the latest version of transformers>4.52.0, released May 20th. For now, we will pin transformers<4.52.0 in the setup.py, and resolve in a future PR.

Expected behavior
Tests to pass

Errors
See GHA error logs for failing tests here